PENGETAHUAN PERAWAT TENTANG PENATALAKSANAAN LUKA KRONIK DENGAN KONSEP LEMBAB DI RUMAH SAKIT REKSA WALUYA MOJOKERTO

Abstract

Today wound care method, tend to use gauze dressing method "wet-to-dry". When the
moist gauze become dry, it will hit the surface of the tissue.The result not only affected tissue
growth, but also cause a pain. The purpose of wound care is making a conducive
environment for the tissue that support the process of wound healing. For that developed a
wound care method by keeping the environment moist. Therefore this study was conducted
to identify nursing knowledge about the management of chronic wounds in hospital Reksa
Waluya.
This study uses a descriptive design. Variables investigated included nurse knowledge
about the treatment of chronic wounds with moist concept. The samples of this study are 23
vocasional nurse in Reksa Waluya Hospital by using simple random sampling technique. The
research instrument was a questionnaire. The results of this study are presented in the form
of frequency distribution tables, with a good knowledge of criteria, sufficient and less.
The results showed that the nurse knowledge about the treatment of chronic wounds
with moist concept in the Reksa Waluya hospital, more than 50% of respondents had enough
knowledge as many as 15 people (55.6%), while a small portion of respondents less
knowledge about the management of chronic wounds with the moist concept is as much as
two persons (7.4%).
Nurses knowledge enough about the concept of moist wound care so that nurses did not
know about the benefits and purpose of the treatment of chronic wounds with the moist
concept. In the application in a hospital the nurse haven’t apply the moist concept to treat the
chronic wounds but still using wet to dry wound care method. Nursing knowledge about
chronic wounds management in Reksa Waluya hospital should be improved. This can be
done by following a training or seminar on treatment of chronic wounds with the concept of
moist. With the purposeof improving service and patient satisfaction.
Key words : Knowledge, chronic, moist wound care.