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DOI: 10.13189/nh.2023.080102
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Nurses Application of the "TIME" Framework in the Wounds Assessment and Its Impact on the Wound Care Competences

Amani Mahmoud Fadul Mokhtar ¹, Mohammed Hassan Moreljwab ¹, Eltayeb Abdelazeem Idress ¹, Hamza Hussain Ahmed Balola ², Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia ¹, Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Osman ³, Mohammed F Alharbi ¹, Ahmed Abdalla Jarelnpe ⁴, Hammad Fadlalmola ^5,*
1 Department of Nursing, University of Bisha, Saudi Arabia
² Department of Community Health Nursing, Batterjee Medical College for Sciences and Technology, Saudi Arabia
³ Department of Community and Mental Health, College of Nursing, Najran University, Saudi Arabia
⁴ Department of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Al Baha University, Saudi Arabia
⁵ Nursing College, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Introduction: The TIME framework is a practical tool for wound care assessment that includes tissue viability, infection/inflammation, moisture imbalance, and wound edges. However, it is not widely practiced in Sudanese health institutes, and literature on its use is limited. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a TIME framework education program on the performance of nurses in wound care. Methods: This study used a prospective pretest-posttest one group design to evaluate the impact of a TIME framework education program on nurses' performance in wound care. Data were collected using questionnaires, observation checklists, and a 5-Likert scale for attitude evaluation, and analyzed using nonparametric tests. Results: The study found that the TIME framework education program had a significant positive impact on nurses' performance in wound care. The results showed a significant improvement in both knowledge (pretest score of mean=4.96, SD=0.20 versus posttest score of mean=3.33, SD=1.34) and practice (pretest score of mean=2.15, SD=0.90 versus posttest score of mean=1.2083, SD=0.50). Nurses' attitudes towards using the TIME framework in wound care also improved significantly. Conclusion: This study concludes that the TIME framework education program is an effective intervention for improving nurses' performance in wound care. The program resulted in significant improvement not only in knowledge and practice but also in attitude. Continuous professional development programs on wound care practice with TIME assessment tool and wound care models are recommended.

KEYWORDS
TIME Framework, Nurses' Competence, Wound Care, Nurses' Attitude, Performance Improvement

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[1] Amani Mahmoud Fadul Mokhtar , Mohammed Hassan Moreljwab , Eltayeb Abdelazeem Idress , Hamza Hussain Ahmed Balola , Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia , Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Osman , Mohammed F Alharbi , Ahmed Abdalla Jarelnpe , Hammad Fadlalmola , "Nurses Application of the "TIME" Framework in the Wounds Assessment and Its Impact on the Wound Care Competences," Nursing and Health, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 11 - 17, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/nh.2023.080102.

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Amani Mahmoud Fadul Mokhtar , Mohammed Hassan Moreljwab , Eltayeb Abdelazeem Idress , Hamza Hussain Ahmed Balola , Murtada Mustafa Gabir Tia , Abdalla Mohamed Ahmed Osman , Mohammed F Alharbi , Ahmed Abdalla Jarelnpe , Hammad Fadlalmola (2023). Nurses Application of the "TIME" Framework in the Wounds Assessment and Its Impact on the Wound Care Competences. Nursing and Health, 8(1), 11 - 17. DOI: 10.13189/nh.2023.080102.