A survey of pressure ulcer education within pre-registration radiography courses.

The prevention of pressure ulcers and the management of people with pressure ulcers is multi-disciplinary, though in many places it is considered a nursing problem. Radiography environments are a potential cause of pressure ulcers. This paper describes the results of a survey of pre-registration radiography education institutions regarding the education provision on the prevention of pressure ulcers within radiography environments.

The experience and opinions of teachers of radiography students regarding pressure ulcer prevention and management in x-ray departments.

As part of a survey of pre-registration radiography course providers about pressure ulcer education, we asked respondents to comment on their personal experience of pressure ulcer prevention and management in x-ray environments, and also to identify what they consider to be important issues in this area. Responses were received from 14 out of the 24 providers of radiography education in the UK. The qualitative data was content analysed.