Although nurses are more knowledgeable about pressure sore healing and treatment than expected, a small scale study found that there is still room for improvement. There appeared to be similar levels of knowledge of pressure sore healing among orthopaedic and general surgical nurses, and a strong relationship between clinical grade and knowledge, with more senior grade nurses scoring higher on a pressure sore healing and treatment score, compared to more junior nurses. This has implications for who should be performing pressure sore treatment in the clinical setting.
Nursing Standard. 13, 29, 66-72. doi: 10.7748/ns1999.04.13.29.66.c7512
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