{"id":1290,"date":"2017-11-14T08:13:06","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T08:13:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2017-11-14T08:13:06","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T08:13:06","slug":"attitudes-towards-pressure-ulcers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bmj.com\/ebn\/2017\/11\/14\/attitudes-towards-pressure-ulcers\/","title":{"rendered":"Attitudes towards pressure ulcers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Join our next EBN Twitter Chat on Wednesday the 15th<\/sup> of November 2017, 8-9pm UK time which will focus attitudes towards pressure ulcers, and will be hosted by Jimmy Choo Lecturer at School of Healthcare, University of Leeds (@jimmychoo72).\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Participating in the Twitter chat requires a Twitter account; if you do not already have one you can create an account at www.twitter.com<\/a>. Once you have an account contributing is straightforward, you can follow the discussion by searching links to #ebnjc<\/a> (the EBN chat hash tag) and contribute by sending a tweet (tweets are text messages currently limited to 140 characters), you need to add #ebnjc<\/a> to your tweet as this allows everyone taking part to view your tweets.<\/p>\n

Category 1 pressure ulcer\u00a0\"\"\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>Category 2 pressure ulcer\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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I recently delivered a pressure ulcer (also known as bed sores) session to first year undergraduate mental health nursing students. One of the most common questions students and researchers\/academics (nurse researchers even) ask is: `Why the focus on pressure ulcers\u2019? I even had a comment a couple of years ago by a collaborator abroad – `\u2026..well, you see Jimmy, this area of research (i.e. pressure ulcer) is not as critical a topic as diabetes for example because pressure ulcer doesn\u2019t kill, does it?\u2019 Although I can\u2019t remember my exact response but I definitely had to reign myself in before blurting a plethora of reasons of why we should `bother\u2019. And as with all good nurses out there, it\u2019s a moot point to reflect on and unpick the salient issues raised and more importantly, asking the difficult question such as our (nurses and healthcare professionals alike) attitudes towards pressure ulcers.<\/p>\n

Over the years, I have tried to get involved in public engagement events to raise awareness about pressure ulcer and some of the young people I have spoken to had some experiences albeit not direct personal physical of someone with a pressure ulcer. It made me realise that as nurses, whilst it has been a privilege to be involved in direct, deeply personal care of patients, it is equally important to engage in health awareness and public engagement event as part of our duty of care.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>It is timely with World Stop Pressure Ulcer day 16 November 2017<\/strong> to debate some of the issues and ultimately help raise the awareness of pressure ulcers:<\/p>\n