title: Knowledge and management of pressure ulcers: impact of lecture-based interactive workshops on training of nurses.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this study was to determine if a structured workshop on knowledge and management of pressure ulcers (PrUs) for nurses led to an improvement of knowledge in the participants.
  
  
  METHODS
  Nurses attended an interactive lecture-based workshop on knowledge and management of PrUs. After the participants were invited into the study, they were asked to take a test consisting of multiple-choice questions (MCQs) about the subjects covered in the presentation. The MCQ test was repeated after the teaching session to determine the participants' knowledge and practical skills.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-eight nurses participated in the workshop. The MCQ test consisted of 21 questions. When the scores of the control test were compared with the scores after teaching, a substantial and statistically significant development was observed (mean, 11.1 [SD, 2.1], and mean, 14.6 [SD, 0.9] on 21 items, before and after teaching, respectively, P < .001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  A lecture-based workshop on knowledge and management of PrUs helps improve nurses' knowledge and allows them to overcome training deficiencies.
authors.affiliation: School of Health Sciences, Department of Fundamentals in Nursing at Kocaeli University in Kocaeli, Turkey.
authors.forename: Insaf
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Altun
authors.forename: Ayten
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Demir Zencirci
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D004493:Education / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004522:Educational Status; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000628:therapy; D013663:Teaching; D014421:Turkey