• Worod Omar, Isam Asrawi, Mahmoud Awad, Rasha S Abu Zaitoun, Israa R Sakhleh, Mohammed F Hayek, and Nizar B Said.
• Department of Nursing, An-Najah National University Hospital, Nablus, Palestine.
• J Eval Clin Pract. 2024 Dec 1; 30 (8): 150815151508-1515.

BackgroundNurses' knowledge of pressure injuries causes and risk factors helps to prevent their occurrences and protect the patient.AimTo assess the level of knowledge of medical device-related pressure injuries and to identify risk factors that affect the knowledge.MethodsA cross-sectional design was used in this study considering a convenience sample from critical care nurses. The nurses were invited to complete the Medical Device-Related Pressure Injuries Knowledge Questionnaire.ResultsAbout 71 nurses participated in the study. The mean score of MDRPI_KQ was 23.28 ± 4.14 out of 36. Mann-Whitney Test did not show statistically significant relationships between the MDRPI_KQ mean score and related variables (p > 0.05). The regression results indicated that the three predictors explained 46.4% of the variance (R2 = 0.215, F(3, 6.114) = 3.75, p = 0.001). It was found that the Frequency of encountering a patient with MDRPIs significantly predicted MDRPI_KQ score, job position, and assuming the care responsibility for MDRPIs in the department.ConclusionsPoor knowledge of pressure injuries can negatively affect patient care so training programs and policies should be developed based on the level of knowledge and practices of the staff to be more effective.© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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