Background: Understanding and preventing pressure ulcers is a key aspect of healthcare, with nurses playing a crucial role in their management and prevention through education and clinical practice to improve patient outcomes. Objectives: This quantitative, psychometric, cross-sectional study aimed to translate and culturally adapt the Pieper–Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test and to evaluate the psychometric properties of the Croatian version of this measurement instrument. Methods: A study was conducted in a state hospital in Šibenik, Croatia, on a sample of 268 participants. Results: The content validity of the instrument, with an S-CVI of 0.981, indicates excellent validity, while its internal consistency is acceptable, as reflected in an overall KR-20 of 0.79. The maximum split-half reliability is 0.87 and Guttman Lambda 6 reaches 0.89, indicating excellent internal consistency. The overall test–retest reliability is excellent (ICC = 0.91), with the Prevention subscale showing the highest reliability (ICC = 0.88), followed by Staging (ICC = 0.86) and Wound Description (ICC = 0.84). Item-level difficulty and discrimination index were also calculated. Conclusions: The adapted, translated, and validated questionnaire represents a valuable tool for measuring knowledge about pressure ulcers among healthcare professionals, suitable for use in Croatian society. This instrument can be used to assess knowledge in clinical settings and evaluate the effectiveness of educational programs, providing valuable insights into the education and professional competence development of healthcare professionals.

Background/Objectives: This cross-sectional study aimed to produce an adapted Croatian version of the Negative Behaviors in Health Care Questionnaire and to validate it. Methods: The process comprised the translation, cultural adaptation, and psychometric evaluation of the questionnaire. Clinical specialists and qualified bilingual speakers participated in both forward and backward translation. Face validity was tested. The survey’s original developer approved the final version. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the test–retest method and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses and assessments of divergent and convergent validity were conducted. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 21.0 and R, program version 3.5.2., for Windows. Results: A five-factor structure was obtained and confirmed via CFA, although not all fit coefficients were satisfactory. The internal consistency reliability was 0.86 for the contributing factors and the seriousness of aggression, 0.79 for the use of aggression, 0.95 for the fear of retaliation, and 0.83 for the frequency of aggression; in total, α = 0.88. Test–retest reliability was moderate. All correlations were statistically significant, and the correlation was the highest for seriousness (0.754) and frequency of aggression (0.725) and the lowest for contributing factors (0.528). Test–retest reliability was satisfactory. Statistically significant differences were found when comparing respondents by gender, age, work experience, education, and hierarchical position. Conclusions: The adapted, translated, and validated survey provides a valuable tool for assessing lateral and vertical aggression between and towards nurses in terms of contributing factors, frequency, severity, uses of aggression, and fear of retaliation.

Aim: The aim of this study was to compare the emotional competence of students in nursing and other, non-health, programs; to examine differences regarding age, gender, and work experience; and to propose reforms to the nursing education curri...

Background: Understanding and preventing pressure ulcers are key aspects of healthcare, with nurses playing a crucial role in their management and prevention through education and clinical practice to improve patient outcomes. Objectives: This quantitative, psychometric, cross-sectional study aims to translate and culturally adapt the Pieper-Zulkowski Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test and to evaluate the psy-chometric properties of the Croatian version of this measurement instrument. Meth-ods: A study was conducted in a state hospital in Šibenik, Croatia on a sample of 268 participants. Results: The content validity of the instrument, with an S-CVI of 0.981, indicates excellent validity, while its internal consistency is acceptable, as reflected in an overall KR-20 of 0.79. The maximum split-half reliability is 0.87, and Guttman Lambda 6 reaches 0.89, indicating excellent internal consistency. The overall test-retest reliability is excellent (ICC = 0.91), with the Prevention subscale showing the highest reliability (ICC = 0.88), followed by Staging (ICC = 0.86) and Wound Description (ICC = 0.84). Item-level difficulty and discrimination index were calculated. Conclusions: The adapted, translated, and validated questionnaire represents a valuable tool for measuring knowledge about pressure ulcers, suitable for use in Croatian society. The instrument can be used to assess knowledge in clinical settings and evaluate the effec-tiveness of educational programs, providing valuable insights into the education and professional competence development of healthcare professionals.

Background/Objectives: Formal and lifelong education on pressure injuries enables the acquisition and maintenance of relevant knowledge and represents a key link in ensuring quality and safe care. Critical planning and continuous implementation of education programs directly contributes to better management of these injuries and ensures consistent application of best practices in everyday nursing care. Methods: This study is based on a cross-sectional, quantitative methodology conducted in a state hospital in Croatia, on a sample of 268 participants. Results: Work experience did not show a significant correlation with test scores while the level of education, a master’s degree in nursing, had the highest mean percentages in prevention and overall score. Differences in test performance across department type showed a significant difference for the prevention subscale for neurological department staff. Activities such as reading the professional literature and attending lectures showed a positive correlation with higher scores in different areas of prevention, staging and the overall test. Internet use was positively associated with all subscales and the overall score. Conclusions: Despite the unsatisfactory level of knowledge of the respondents, the positive impact of formal and lifelong education on the existing level of information about pressure ulcers is evident. These findings highlight the need for improvement and better organization of educational programs, with an emphasis on their accessibility, continuity and focus on clearly defined learning outcomes.

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