Objectives:

The main purpose of this quantitative and crosssectional study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a training session in Intensive Care nurses of “Hospital del Mar” about pressure ulcers. The secondary purpose is to analyze the agreement between the information included in the ulcer’s registry and the information provided by the nurse in patient’s charge.

Methods and materials:

Data was acquired through pre- and post-training tests to nurses, in charge of patients with pressure ulcers, about clinical history record.

Results:

30 nurses agreed to become part of the study and the obtained participation was 100%. The average mark in the pre-training test was 0.547 /1 (DE = 0.122) while in the post-training test was 0.728 (DE = 0.140). Additionally, the recording of pressure ulcers improved. During pre-training time 27% of patients showed pressure ulcers but 25% of them weren’t recorded. However, 9% of patients showed pressure ulcers by post-training days and all of them were recorded.

Conclusions:

The training session allowed nurses to improve their knowledge about pressure ulcers. Also the registration of pressure ulcers raise after training session.

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