Critique

Critique

Pancorbo-Hidalgo PL, Garcia-Fernandez FP, Lopez-Medina IM & Lopez-Ortega J (2007) Pressure Ulcer Care in Sprain: Nurses' knowledge and Clinical Practice. Journal of Advanced Nursing. 58(4), 327-338.

This research article is written in proper English, concise and grammatically correct. The content of the article is very well organized from abstract to the reference. The article is can be understood easily by the reader. The authors of the article are registered nurses of Spain among them one author is the manager of education in the research and quality unit in University of Jaen, Spain and the other three authors are serving as Professor in school of health services in the same university. This study was conducted in Spain and it was related to nursing, therefore there is no uncertainty about the qualification of the authors of study.

Title

The title of the article is 'Pressure ulcer care in Spain: nurses' knowledge and clinical practice. The article has ten words and it mainly focuses examining the knowledge of nurses and the clinical practice in relation to pressure ulcer in Spain.

Abstract

The reader can easily understand the title of the article, its aim, background, methods, results and conclusion. The abstract clearly gives an overview of the study and the reader can easily decide that he should continue reading this article or not.

Introduction

The introduction clearly explains the purpose of research which was to examine the level of knowledge of Spanish nurses about the guidelines which are predefined for the prevention of pressure ulcer and its treatment. The implementation of the knowledge in clinical practice was also focused along with the different educational and professional factors that influence the practice and knowledge. The study was overall preceded in a logical manner and showed complete consistency. The background of the research was clearly written and it also discusses about the previous studies on this topic. As the complete overview of the article was provided in the abstract furthermore, the content was clearly explained gradually in detail. The content is further subdivided into several sub headings after the heading of introduction like results, discussion, analysis, conclusion and other headings. The division of the content is being done in a way so that it can be easy for the reader to understand it and to minimize the issue of reader to get lost during reading the article.

Literature review

The literature of the study is organized in a logical manner. In the beginning of the review, the researchers have indicated that the pressure ulcer is included among the major health problems of the world. The knowledge about pressure ulcers can be used in the treatment of the disease when it is properly implemented in the clinical practice. The knowledge about the disease should be distributed properly because this will also help in reducing the problem of pressure ulcers. Some other studies are also mentioned in the literature review. These studies are carried out in different countries and they have also stated about the gaps in the knowledge of the ...