ABSTRAK
Luka tekan masih menjadi masalah utama bagi pelayanan kesehatan khususnya keperawatan. Pengawasan yang ketat diperlukan untuk mencegah terjadinya penurunan kualitas perawatan. Penelitian ini membahas hubungan tingkat pengetahuan dengan kepatuhan perawat terhadap praktik pencegahan luka tekan di ruang rawat inap di RS Persahabatan Jakarta tahun 2017. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian kuantitatif yang menggunakan desain analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Total sampel sebanyak 107 perawat dan menggunakan kuesioner PUKT Pieper rsquo;s Pressure Ulcer Knowledge Test dan kepatuhan yang dimodifikasi. Hasil analisis Chi Square didapatkan bahwa dari 63,6 68 perawat yang memiliki pengetahuan baik/tinggi terdapat 55,9 38 perawat yang patuh terhadap praktek pencegahan luka tekan, namun tidak ditemukan adanya hubungan yang bermakna antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan kepatuhan perawat dalam pelaksanaan praktik pencegahan luka tekan p value = 0,442; OR = 1,478; 95 CI 0,670 ndash; 3,259 . Perawat di RS Persahabatan Jakarta disarankan terus meningkatkan pengetahuannya agar tercipta kepatuhan yang tinggi dalam pelaksanaan praktik pencegahan luka tekan dan diperlukan adanya perawat yang bertanggung jawab secara khusus terhadap pasien yang memiliki risiko luka tekan. Hal ini diharapkan dapat menurunkan angka kejadian luka tekan di layanan kesehatan.

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ABSTRACT
Pressure ulcer remains a major problem for health services, especially in nursing care. Strict observation is required to prevent a low quality of nursing care. This study aimed to identify relationship between level of knowledge and nurse compliance with prevention of pressure ulcer in inpatient ward at Persahabatan Hospital in 2017. The study design was analytic with cross sectional approach. 107 nurses were selected by purposive sampling method and it used PUKT Pieper rsquo s Ulcer Knowledge Test and compliance questionnaire as instrument. Chi square analysis result indicated nearly half 63,6 68 of the nurses had good knowledge and 55,9 38 of them had good compliance on prevention of pressure ulcer, but there was not found significant correlation between level of knowledge with nurse compliance in prevention of pressure ulcer p value 0,442 OR 1,478 95 CI 0,670 ndash 3,259 . The study suggested all nurses of Persahabatan Hospital to improve their knowledge in order to improve compliance in prevention of pressure ulcer and the ward at Persahabatan Hospital must to been have the nurses who was specifically responsible for patients who have the risk of pressure ulcer injuries. It was expected that the incidence of pressure ulcer can be decreased in health service.