title: Pressure ulcers: how much do nursing students really know?
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Taking care of patients with pressure ulcers requires a high level of knowledge. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of nursing students' knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention, classification and management.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study was conducted in two nursing colleges (Razi Nursing and Midwifery College and Shahrekord Nursing and Midwifery College) in Iran. All final-year bachelors nursing students in both colleges were invited to participate in the study. Data were collected using Pieper's Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PPUKT).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants answered correctly 67% of all 41 items in three sections (prevention, classification and evaluation). The students' rate of correct answers in the pressure ulcer evaluation category was significantly higher than the correct answers in the other two categories.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study revealed that nursing students had insufficient knowledge of pressure ulcers. It was concluded that courses aimed at raising students' knowledge of pressure ulcers are needed in nurse education.
authors: Nurse Educator, Qazvin School of Nursing and Midwifery, Qazvin University of Medical Science, Qazvin.
authors: Hossein
authors: H
authors: Rafiei
authors: Hossein
authors: H
authors: Mehralian
authors: Mohammad E
authors: ME
authors: Abdar
authors: Tayebeh
authors: T
authors: Madadkar
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran; D019359:Knowledge; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing*; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Management; Nursing education; Nursing students; Pressure ulcer; Questionnaires