“Knowing is not doing”: knowledge, misconceptions and perceived barriers to pressure ulcer prevention practice among nursing students at a tertiary institution in the United Arab Emirates

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<title>Abstract</title> <p>Background Pressure ulcers are largely preventable, yet their burden across acute care in the UAE and the Gulf region is substantial and growing. Nursing students are the future workforce expected to prevent them, but it is unknown whether pre-registration education equips them to do so locally. This study assessed students’ knowledge of pressure ulcer prevention and the barriers they...

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• Age Factors
• Aged
• Cataract
• Diabetes Complications
• Outcome Assessment, Health Care
• Phenotype
• Risk Factors
• Wound Healing

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Literature Corpus work

930aef87-68f1-57b6-9854-714ef21e24be

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10.21203/rs.3.rs-10568071/v1