A Study on the Knowledge of Nurses, Performance and Preventive Practice of Pressure Ulcer among Nurses in Long-Term Care Hospital

본 연구는 노인요양병원 간호사의 욕창간호지식과 욕창예방 간호수행과의 관계를 파악하기 위한 서술적상관조사 연구이다. 2014년 3월 1일부터 7월 1일까지 노인요양병원에 근무하고 있는 간호사 317명을 대상으로 분석하였으며 욕창간호지식, 욕창예방 간호수행, 욕창예방 장애요인에 관한 구조화된 설문지를 배부하여 자가 보고법으로 작성하였고 수집된 자료는 기술통계로 분석하였다. 일반적 특성에 따른 욕창간호지식은 임상경력, 교육내용, 교육시간, 교육 횟수에서는 유의한 차이를 보였고(p<.05), 욕창예방 간호수행에서는 교육 횟수에서만 유의한 차이를 보였다(p=.04). 욕창지식정도와 욕창예방 간호수행에서는 음의 상관관계를 나타냈으며(rho=.137, p<.05), 욕창예방 간호수행 장애요인으로는 인력부족이 57.7%로 나타났다. 따라서 욕창간호 예방수행의 질적 향상을 위해서는 욕창예방 간호지식을 올리는 것보다는 욕창예방 간호교육의 횟수를 증가시키는 것과 적정인력이 근무할 수 있는 제도적 정책이 필요하다. This study is the descriptive research intended for identifying the reciprocal relationship between the knowledge of nursing and performance of pressure ulcer prevention that registered nurses at the aged care hospital possess. A total of 317 nurses who had been working at the aged care hospital for 4 months from March 1 2014 to June 1 2014 were chosen as research group. The data were collected by means of self-reported questionnaire and data were analyzed with descriptive statistics. The knowledge of nursing on pressure ulcer depending on general characteristics of research group had the significant difference in each item of clinical experience, education program, education time and education frequency(p<.05), In the performance of pressure ulcer prevention only the education frequency among various general characteristics showed significant differences(p=.40). The knowledge of nursing related to pressure ulcer had the low negative correlation with the performance of nursing(rho=-.137, p<.05). Among the factors disturbing nursing performance of pressure ulcer prevention the shortage of nursing staff appeared to be 57.7%. From the result of this study it was revealed that both increasing the education frequency of preventive nursing and managerial consideration concerning the shortage of nursing staff were needed more rather than the knowledgement of preventive nursing to improve the nursing performance of pressure ulcer prevention.