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  • Understanding contextual barriers and enablers to pressure injury prevention practice in an Australian intensive care unit: An exploratory study

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    Coyer, F
    Cook, JL
    Doubrovsky, A
    Campbell, J
    Vann, A
    McNamara, G
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Campbell, Jill L.
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    2019
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    Abstract
    Background: Skin integrity management is often a low clinical priority in the intensive care environment, possibly resulting in high pressure injury (PI) prevalence. This article reports the results of the first phase of a multiphased project, “Translating evidence-based pressure injury prevention strategies to the intensive care environment (SUSTAIN study)”. The SUSTAIN study used a research translation framework to guide the assessment of research uptake, development, and monitoring of translational strategies to reduce PIs. Objective: The objective was to assess the enablers and barriers to research translation of ...
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    Background: Skin integrity management is often a low clinical priority in the intensive care environment, possibly resulting in high pressure injury (PI) prevalence. This article reports the results of the first phase of a multiphased project, “Translating evidence-based pressure injury prevention strategies to the intensive care environment (SUSTAIN study)”. The SUSTAIN study used a research translation framework to guide the assessment of research uptake, development, and monitoring of translational strategies to reduce PIs. Objective: The objective was to assess the enablers and barriers to research translation of evidence-based skin integrity management in one Australian tertiary referral intensive care unit (ICU). Methods: This exploratory study was conducted in an Australian metropolitan tertiary ICU on a sample of 204 registered nurses. Data were collected using (i) a descriptive cross-sectional cohort survey of barriers, enablers, and attitudes to PI prevention, (ii) a cross-sectional survey of PI knowledge, and (iii) focus groups to understand the local contextual factors impacting registered nurses’ PI prevention practice. Results: Participants reported a moderate to high ability to rise above barriers in PI prevention, a positive attitude towards PI prevention, and considered this a priority in their care of patients. High patient acuity emerged as a barrier to implementing timely PI prevention strategies. In the knowledge, test participants with postgraduate qualifications answered more statements correctly. Focus group data revealed four themes: (i) team ICU, (ii) processes of care, (iii) education for consistency, and (iv) the patient. Conclusions: It is essential that evidence-based PI prevention strategies are provided in the intensive care environment. Our findings indicate that despite positive attitudes and sound knowledge levels, high patient acuity is a significant barrier to evidence implementation.
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    Journal Title
    Australian Critical Care
    Volume
    32
    Issue
    2
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aucc.2018.02.008
    Copyright Statement
    © 2019 Australian College of Critical Care Nurses Ltd. Published by Elsevier Australia. Licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, providing that the work is properly cited.
    Subject
    Clinical Sciences
    Nursing
    Barriers
    Enablers
    Intensive care
    Pressure injury
    Research translation
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/403009
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