Journal of wound, ostomy, and continence nursing : official publication of The Wound, Ostomy and Continence Nurses Society
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J Wound Ostomy Continence Nurs · Jul 2016
Pressure Injury Prevention in a Saudi Arabian Intensive Care Unit: Registered Nurse Attitudes Toward Prevention Strategies and Perceived Facilitators and Barriers to Evidence Implementation.
The purpose of this study was to examine RNs' attitudes toward pressure injury (PI) prevention strategies. Barriers and facilitators perceived by RNs to potentially impact on the adoption and implementation of PI prevention interventions in the intensive care unit (ICU) were examined. ⋯ Findings from this study highlighted that ICU RNs had a positive attitude toward PI prevention. This study also identified perceived factors influencing PI prevention in the ICU, both facilitators and barriers. Perceived facilitators included availability of pressure-relieving support surfaces and appropriate skin care products and collaboration with the healthcare professional team. However, perceived barriers included limited PI prevention knowledge of the nurse and RN workflow (time demands and documentation format). Findings from this study provide important information identifying context-specific factors that may influence the adoption and implementation of PI prevention interventions in the ICU.