Investigation of working situation of trained wound care nurses

Abstract

Objective To investigate the working situation of trained wound care nurses.Methods Twelve wound care nurses tested by the nursing department were surveyed by the self -evaluation questionnaire .And the satisfaction to the trained wound care nurses in 120 nurses and patients were investigated .The prevention of pressure ulcers were compared between 2011 and 2012 .Results The satisfaction rate of nurse colleagues to the wound care nurses was 90.8%.After the train, the satisfactions to wound care skills , wound care method, health education and skin care were 91.7%, 92.5%, 100.0%and 83.3%, respectively.The satisfaction rates of patients to skin care evaluation , skin clean methods , wound treatment process , treatment effect and health education were 84.0%, 93.3%, 70.0%, 79.2% and 85.5%, respectively.The mean score of pressure ulcers prediction was （97.56 ±1.14） in 2011 and （99.63 ±0.40） in 2012, and the difference was statistically significant （t=-6.444, P〈0.05）.Conclusions The work of wound care nurses has been accepted by their colleagues and the patients , but the research ability , professional identity and professional development and education need further be strengthened . Key words: Questionnaire survey Pressure ulcer Wound care Specialist nurse