To understand the current state of knowledge and practice level of stress injury nursing in tertiary care hospitals in China, and to analyze the differences between the characteristics of practicing nurses. We conducted a cross-sectional study. A questionnaire was administered to practicing nurses in a tertiary general hospital in Zhejiang Province. The Chinese version of the Stress Injury Knowledge Assessment Tool and the Stress Injury Nursing Behavior Questionnaire were used to assess the nurses' knowledge and practice of stress injuries, and one-way analysis of variance and t-test were used to analyze the differences, and Pearson's correlation test was used to analyze the correlation between the knowledge of stress injuries and practice. 214 nurses participated in this study. The mean score of knowledge of stress injury nursing was (12.79±2.37), which was statistically analyzed to be statistically significant in terms of gender of the respondents (t=1.979, p=0.049), years of experience (t=2.298, p=0.023), and number of times attending stress injury training (t=2.854, p=0.005). Stress injury nursing practice score (147.01±16.079). After statistical analysis, stress injury nursing practice was statistically significant in terms of the number of years the respondents had worked (t=2.371, p=0.019), and the number of stress injury trainings attended (t=2.961, p=0.003). There was a significant positive correlation between stress injury nursing knowledge and practice (r = 0.669, p < 0.001). 214 practicing nurses had inadequate knowledge and practice of stress injury care. A stress injury training program for junior nurses is necessary.

Shaomei Cui, Evelyn Feliciano. Knowledge, Practices, and Influencing Factors of Pressure Ulcer Prevention and Management in Selected Hospitals in China. International Journal of Frontiers in Medicine (2024), Vol. 6, Issue 6: 32-38. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJFM.2024.060605.

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