Peri-operative nurses’ knowledge and reported practice of pressure injury risk assessment and prevention: A before-after intervention study

Table 4 Peri-operative nurses’ reported knowledge and actions pre and post-intervention (n=70)

	Pre-intervention		Post-intervention		P-value⁺
Pressure injury stages^	n	%	n	%
Correctly describe PI stages	36	52	57	83	0.001
Correctly match PI stages to descriptions	57	85	61	91	0.581
Actions for patient with new stage 1 ^β PI on heels ^#	n	%	n	%
Reassess PI risk assessment (PI RA) score	29	41	40	57	0.05
Notify the nurse at handover	63	90	67	96	0.289
Complete an incident report	32	46	29	41	0.711
Elevate affected area onto offloading device	34	49	39	56	0.458
Rub / massage the area^€	22	31	10	14	0.02
Reposition affected area onto donut air-pillow^€	38	54	35	51	0.85
Actions for patient with new stage 2 ^β PI on buttocks ^# ^	n	%	n	%
Reassess PI RA score	33	48	42	60	0.16
Notify the nurse at handover	64	93	64	93	1.00
Complete an incident report	41	59	49	71	0.152
Reposition patient onto their side	45	65	52	75	0.210
Rub / massage the area^€	8	12	2	3	0.04
Reposition affected area onto donut air-pillow^€	17	25	22	31	0.67

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