Assessment of Nurses Performance in Caring of Children at Risk and Having Decubitus Ulcer

Abstract

Decubitus ulcers are a common and highly pertinent professional care issues in hospitals and associated with psychological and physical suffering, increased morbidity and mortality rate and higher costs for health care worldwide (Mcinnes et al., 2015). While the problem of decubitus ulcers received a great deal of attention, far less is known about decubitus ulcers in children and neonates. Recent studies have indicated that decubitus ulcers are common in the pediatric population, there is greater awareness that pediatric patients in certain health care settings are also at high risk of developing decubitus ulcer. Children were most frequently repositioned in the neonatal units because infants are not able to reposition themselves so rolling over is a developmental task achieved during the first year of life (Yang, et al., 2017).