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Knowledge in the Area of Prevention and Treatment of Pressure Injuries Among Nurses: Report from the Study.

Healthcare (Basel)

January 2025

Department of Perioperative Nursing, Department of Surgical Nursing and Chronic Wound Care, Collegium Medicum in Bydgoszcz, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun, 85-821 Bydgoszcz, Poland.

Article Synopsis
  • Pressure injuries are a major concern in nursing, affecting 5-27% of hospitalized patients and 3-32% in long-term care, highlighting the need for nurses to know how to prevent and treat these injuries.
  • The study aimed to evaluate the knowledge of 500 nurses from hospital wards and primary healthcare regarding pressure injury prevention and treatment, using the Pieper-Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test (PZ-PUKT).
  • Results showed that nurses had above-average knowledge with a mean score of 49.6 out of 100, indicating that the PZ-PUKT can help assess and identify knowledge gaps among nursing professionals regarding pressure injuries.
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: The objective of this retrospective study was to investigate the association between acetabulum fractures; the mechanism of injury; and variables such as BMI, duration of hospital stay, blood loss, and surgery time. By exploring these factors, we aim to enhance our understanding of them and their impact on the healing process and the subsequent management of pelvic fractures. : This study included 67 of 136 consecutive patients who were admitted for pelvic ring fracture surgery between 2017 and 2022.

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Objective: the aim of this study was to document the occurrence of THA after acetabulum surgery and examine the factors that predict its occurrence.

Methods: This study included 77 consecutive patients who were admitted for acetabulum fracture surgery between 2012 and 2019. The inclusion criteria were acetabular fractures and indications for operative management.

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(1) Lockdown-related fatigue occurring during the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex problem that can be experienced in different social groups. The objective of the current study is to attempt to identify socio-demographic and lifestyle-related factors that determine the impact of fatigue on health in general as well as in physical, cognitive, and psychosocial terms and to determine whether, and to what extent, these were predictors of fatigue in nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. (2) The study was conducted by the diagnostic poll method between 20 March and 15 December 2021 among 894 nursing students at six Polish universities.

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This study aimed to investigate the mediatory role of emotional control with respect to the control of anger, depression, and anxiety in the relationship between positive orientation and tiredness/fatigue occurring in a group of Polish nursing students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study included 894 nursing students from six universities in Poland. A diagnostic survey was applied as the research method, and the data were collected using the Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS), the Courtauld Emotional Control Scale (CECS) and the Positive Orientation Scale (SOP).

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Background: Intra-abdominal hypertension (IAH) impairs cardiovascular function, however an effect of IAH on cardiac electrophysiology has been poorly documented. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of IAH following pneumoperitoneum on vectorcardiographic variables reflecting cardiac repolarisation and depolarisation.

Methods: Otherwise healthy women undergoing elective gynaecological laparoscopy were studied.

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Gastrointestinal bleeding in patients aged 85 years and older.

Pol Przegl Chir

November 2011

Department of General, Oncological and Endocrinological Surgery, Provincial Hospital in Kielce, Department of Surgery and Surgical Nursing, J. Kochanowski University, ul. Grunwaldzka 45, Kielce.

The aging of the population is associated with the increased risk of chronic diseases, and greater consumption of drugs used in their treatment, which may lead towards gastrointestinal bleeding.The aim of the study was to analyze the reasons, treatment results, complications and mortality connected with gastrointestinal bleeding in patients aged 85 years and older.Material and methods.

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A case of both clear and papillary renal cell carcinomas in the left kidney.

Cent European J Urol

February 2014

Department of Urology, E. Michałowski Urological Hospital, Katowice, Poland ; Department of Prevention and Epidemiology of Neoplasms, Institute of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, J. Kochanowski University, Kielce, Poland.

We present a patient with two types of renal cell carcinoma (clear and papillary) in the left kidney - nephrectomy was performed. Among the first symptoms, bone metastases occurred. As far as we know, this is the first reported case in literature with such an unexpected outcome, because the patient is still alive and feels good.

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Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) and the lower urinary tract symptoms caused by benign prostatic hyperplasia (LUTS/BPH) are highly prevalent among aging men. More data are needed from studies evaluating the impact of LUTS/BPH on ED. This study aimed to assess ED in patients with LUTS/BPH independent of comorbidities.

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