Postoperative Wound Care Practices of Acute Care Nurses: An Integrative Review.

ABSTRACT: This integrative review aimed to describe the postoperative wound care practices and knowledge of nurses in acute care settings. Whittemore and Knafl's framework was used to identify and synthesise relevant studies. Full-text, primary articles published after 2000, focusing on postoperative wound care by nurses in hospital settings, were included. Quality appraisal was undertaken using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool (MMAT) for qualitative and quantitative studies and the Standards for QUality Improvement Reporting Excellence (SQUIRE) 2.0 for quality improvement (QI) studies. Five databases were searched (MEDLINE, Scopus, CINAHL, Embase and Web of Science) in August 2024. Of the 5329 studies, 36 articles were included. Inductive content analysis was used for data synthesis. Three categori

SUBMITTER: Gamage GP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12588625 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature