Abstract

What do registered nurses understand about prevention and treatment options for pressure ulcers and do those registered nurses need additional education or training. After analysis of the data, registered nurses reported they do not receive adequate education and training about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.

Author Details

Jennifer N. King, MSN, BSN Online, University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Lead Author Affiliation

University of Mount Olive, Mount Olive, North Carolina, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Education, Pressure Ulcers, Prevention

Conference Name

Leadership Connection 2018

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Conference Year

2018

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Additional Files

download (303 kB)

Share

COinS
 

A registered nurse's understanding of pressure ulcer prevention and treatment

Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

What do registered nurses understand about prevention and treatment options for pressure ulcers and do those registered nurses need additional education or training. After analysis of the data, registered nurses reported they do not receive adequate education and training about pressure ulcer prevention and treatment.