THE EFFECTIVENESS OF USING THE EDUCATION PROGRAM ON INTENSIVE CARE NURSES’ KNOWLEDGE TO PREVENT MEDICAL DEVICE-RELATED PRESSURE INJURIES (MDRPIS)
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Date
2025-06-30
Authors
Kharoosheh, Suhaila
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An-Najah National University
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Background: Using devices intended for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes can lead to pressure injuries related to medical devices. In most cases, the pressure injury that results fits the device's shape or pattern.
Aim: The purpose of the study is to assess how well the educational program has improved the knowledge of intensive care nurses about preventing medical device-related pressure injuries (MDRPIs).
Design: A quasi-experimental research design.
Setting: The study was carried out in a number of An-Najah National University Hospital's (NNUH) intensive care units (ICUs) in Nablus, Palestine.
Subjects: A total of 74 ICU nurses take part in the study.
Instruments: Data were gathered using two main instruments: 1. The Nursing form was utilized to acquire professional and demographic data. A self-report survey called the Medical Device-Related Pressure Injures Knowledge Questionnaire (MDRPI-KQ) evaluated nurses’ knowledge and comprehension of MDRPI and various common measures to prevent it from occurring.
Results: The nurses’ knowledge improved significantly from 68.2% pre-intervention to 94.9% post-intervention across all subdomains (p < 0.05). Indicating a statistically significant improvement across all knowledge domains, which include knowledge, risk factors, staging, prevention, and treatment.
Conclusion: It was demonstrated that the MDRPI prevention and management training program was a successful instrument for raising nurses' awareness and knowledge of the problem while also equipping them with current, evidence-based techniques and expertise.
Recommendation: Institutions should adopt ongoing educational programs, establish MDRPI-specific clinical protocols, and promote evidence-based training for ICU staff.