Objectives:

To determine the level of knowledge of the nursing team on the prevention of pressure ulcers in a university hospital.

Methodology:

Descriptive study with a cross-sectional quantitative approach. The questionnaire on knowledge in prevention of pressure ulcers PIPK-31 was applied. The analysis was performed with the SPSS24 statistical package.

Results:

97 nurses and 98 nursing assistants participated, of which 77.4% were female and 22.6% male. The age ranges ranged between 20 and 60 years, with the group of 31-40 years being the most characteristic (38.4%). In relation to work experience, 71.3% had less than 10 years of experience. The level of global knowledge was 80.6% with a statistically significant difference with a value of p = 0.001, the level of knowledge of the nurses being representative.

Conclusions:

there is an adequate level of knowledge in the prevention of pressure injuries in the nursing team, however, another aspect evaluated was the global index of ignorance with a value of 4.5%, low, but which represents an important indicator to determine the appearance of skin lesions in people subjected to a hospitalization process and the establishment of timely preventive strategies.

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