Nursing Practice Problem: Pressure Ulcers

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✍️ Type:	Essay

The populations that are being considered are the immobile patients and those that are bedridden. Such patients are faced with a high risk of having pressure ulcers due to the long time that they will exert pressure on the body part. The intervention that has been proposed for implementation is to ensure that there is the hourly repositioning of patients. This is to be carried out for three months, and the expectation is that the number of cases of pressure ulcers reported will reduce.

Comparison 1: Translational Research vs. Qualitative Research

Criteria	Peer-Reviewed Translational Article and Permalink/Working Link: Mao, X., & Zhu, L. (2021). Effects of care bundles for patients with pressure ulcers and the impact on self-care efficacy. American Journal of Translational Research, 13(3), 1799-1807. Translational Research Type: Efficacy of New Intervention Testing	Peer-Reviewed Traditional Article and Permalink/Working Link: Lindhardt, C. L., Beck, S. H., & Rug, J. (2020). Nursing care for older patients with pressure ulcers: A qualitative study. Nursing Open, 7(4), 1020-1025. Traditional Qualitative Research Type: Interview-based Qualitative Study	Observations (Similarities/Differences)
Methodology	160 patients diagnosed with pressure ulcers were divided into the control and observation groups and treated for three months. The patients within the control group received standard nursing care. Their counterparts from the observation group were additionally nursed with care bundles — the complex sets of nursing interventions. After three months of the experiment, the researchers compared results	The researchers used qualitative descriptive methods based on six semi-structured individual interviews in order to explore the pressure ulcers treatment process from the nurse’s perspective and reveal essential nursing skills in care delivery to geriatric patients	Translational research evaluated possible patient benefits from utilizing more advanced care bundles treatment. The results were represented in a way quite similar to a quantitative study. On the other hand, qualitative research presented findings in the form of citations from practicing nurses; no quantitative data was present
Goals	Evaluating advantages of care bundles treatment in comparison to routine nursing care	Obtaining empirical evidence from practicing nurses, which may serve as a valuable insight for organizing care delivery to patients with pressure ulcers	The research goals of both studies were patient-oriented. Analyzing care bundles effects and obtaining insight from the nurses was ultimately aimed at improving patient care
Data Collection	Research data was collected via grading patients according to five scales. The scales represented pressure ulcers condition, patient’s compliance to medical instructions, self-care efficacy, awareness rate, and changes in quality of life	Data was collected via a series of semi-structured individual interviews	Approaches to data collection were different — translational study emphasized observation, whereas qualitative research focused on actively obtaining information from the source

Comparison 2: Translational Research vs. Quantitative Research

Criteria	Peer-Reviewed Translational Article and Permalink/Working Link: Minteer, D. M., Simon, P., Taylor, D. P., Jia, W., Li, Y., Sun, M., & Rubin, J. P. (2020). Pressure ulcer monitoring platform—A prospective, human subject clinical study to validate patient repositioning monitoring device to prevent pressure ulcers. Advances in Wound Care, 9(1), 28-33. Translational Research Type: Testing Effectiveness of Prototype Medical Equipment	Peer-Reviewed Traditional Article and Permalink/Working Link: Grešš Halász, B., Bérešová, A., Tkáčová, Ľ., Magurová, D., & Lizáková, Ľ. (2021). Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards prevention of pressure ulcers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1705. Traditional Quantitative Research Type: Exploratory Cross-Sectoral Analysis	Observations (Similarities/Differences)
Methodology	System of PUMP devices identifies patient non-rotation and alerts nursing staff. A video camera recorded events in the patient’s room to detect possible malfunctions	A standard methodology for quantitative research included two stages — data gathering via questionnaire and statistical analysis using SPSS 20 software	Both studies included technical elements in methodology — translational research utilized sensors in PUMP devices and a video camera, whereas quantitative research would be impossible without software for statistical analysis
Goals	Validating the work effectiveness of two prototype pressure ulcer monitoring platforms (PUMP) to promote hospitalized patient’s repositioning and prevent pressure ulcers	Determining actual knowledge and abilities of hospital nurses towards pressure ulcers prevention	Research goals were similar in regard, that both studies aimed at evaluating performance level of means to prevent pressure ulcers
Data Collection	Sensors installed in PUMP devices recorded patient repositioning in bed. In addition, a video camera recorded any repositioning possibly missed by PUMP devices	225 nurses who agreed to take part in the study filled specifically designed 26-question knowledge and attitude assessment instrument	The quantitative study required the participation of nursing staff. On the other hand, the data collection stage in the translational research involved only technical devices

References

Grešš Halász, B., Bérešová, A., Tkáčová, Ľ., Magurová, D., & Lizáková, Ľ. (2021). Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes towards prevention of pressure ulcers. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18(4), 1705. Web.

Lindhardt, C. L., Beck, S. H., & Rug, J. (2020). Nursing care for older patients with pressure ulcers: A qualitative study. Nursing Open, 7(4), 1020-1025. Web.

Mao, X., & Zhu, L. (2021). Effects of care bundles for patients with pressure ulcers and the impact on self-care efficacy. American Journal of Translational Research, 13(3), 1799-1807.

Minteer, D. M., Simon, P., Taylor, D. P., Jia, W., Li, Y., Sun, M., & Rubin, J. P. (2020). Pressure ulcer monitoring platform—A prospective, human subject clinical study to validate patient repositioning monitoring device to prevent pressure ulcers. Advances in Wound Care, 9(1), 28-33. Web.

Comparison 1: Translational Research vs. Qualitative Research

Comparison 2: Translational Research vs. Quantitative Research

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