The Impact of Nursing Education on Pressure Ulcer Prevention*

AimTo examine the effectiveness of a pressure injury prevention program for private for‐profit nursing homes.DesignThis study was a two‐arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Ten private for‐profit nursing homes made up the clusters.MethodsThe participants were nursing home residents who aged 60 or above regardless of whether or not having pre‐existing pressure injuries and also three types of nursing home assistants who provided direct care to the residents from 10 private for‐profit nursing homes. These 10 nursing homes were randomly assigned to either the experimental or the control group. There were 477 and 536 resident participants and 51 and 62 nursing assistant participants in the experimental and control groups, respectively. The residents were the study participants and the nursing assistant participants were the interveners. The experimental group had the pressure injury prevention program implemented while the control group received the usual care. The primary study outcome which was the pressure injury incidence was analysed by GEE. Significance was set at a p‐value of ≤.05. The data were collected between September 2017–March 2018.ResultThere were significant interactive effects of time and group on the incidence of pressure injuries (p = .0015) and on the skill performance of the nursing assistant participants (p < .0001).ConclusionsAn evidence‐based pressure injury prevention program reduced the development of the pressure injuries and improved the skill performance of the nursing assistant participants. It is highly recommended that private for‐profit nursing homes with high proportion of non‐professional nursing assistants and insufficient nurses adopt this program for improving the prevention care of pressure injuries.ImpactThis research has an impact on prevention care of pressure injury in private for‐profit nursing homes with high proportion non‐professional nursing assistants which have the similar characteristics as the nursing homes studied in various regions and countries.Trial registration: The Controlled Trial registration ID is NCT02270385.

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Evaluation of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Training Program on Pressure Ulcers

Bergquist-Beringer¹,

Davidson²,

Agosto³

et al. 2009

J Contin Educ Nurs

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The National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Pressure Ulcer Training Program was developed to improve nursing accuracy and reliability in identifying and staging pressure ulcers and differentiating hospital- and unit-acquired from community-acquired pressure ulcers. Of 5,200 individuals who completed the training program within 5 months of release, 937 provided written evaluation comments. Four major themes emerged from content analysis of the evaluation remarks: pressure ulcer and other wound pictures; accuracy and clarity of content; program design and technology; and the educational/informational experience. Reviewers most frequently commented on their positive learning experience. Program components that enhanced the educational experience included the array of pressure ulcer pictures at each stage and pictures of other wounds. Clarity of content, program design, and technological problems were barriers to reviewer satisfaction. Findings suggest the NDNQI Pressure Ulcer Training Program was effective for educating staff nurses on pressure ulcer identification and staging.

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The Impact of Nursing Education on Pressure Ulcer Prevention*

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The effectiveness of a pressure injury prevention program for nursing assistants in private for‐profit nursing homes: A cluster randomized controlled trial

Evaluation of the National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI) Training Program on Pressure Ulcers

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