title: Knowledge of the nursing team on pressure ulcer prevention.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  describe and analyze the nursing team's knowledge about classification, evaluation and measures to prevent pressure ulcers (PU) in patients hospitalized in the ICU of a teaching hospital in the city of Manaus.
  
  
  METHODS
  a descriptive and exploratory study was conducted after approval by a research ethics committee. Data were collected using a validated instrument. The study sample was made up of 40 nursing staff members, of whom 14 were nurses and 26 were nursing technicians/aides. Data were analyzed through descriptive statistics and Student's t-test, with value of p<0.05.
  
  
  RESULTS
  the overall mean of hits was 63.4% for technicians/aides and 51.4% for nurses, with statistically significant differences between the groups only for the PU prevention category (p<0.001).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  a deficit of knowledge on PU prevention was found among nurses and nursing technicians/aides, demanding the training of these professionals.
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing in Adult Health, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Nariani Souza
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Galvão
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Program in Nursing, School of Nursing of Manaus, Universidade Federal do Amazonas, Manaus, Amazônas, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Alice Barbosa
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Serique
authors.affiliation: Postgraduate Program in Nursing in Adult Health, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Vera Lúcia Conceição de Gouveia
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical-Surgical Nursing, School of Nursing, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Paula Cristina
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Nogueira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001938:Brazil; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards*; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control*