Knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding pain in the intensive care unit patients in Rwanda

Ufashingabire, Christine M.; Nsereko, Etienne; Njunwa, Kato J.; Brysiewicz, Petra

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“…e majority of nurses in the study did not have any formal training on paediatric pain management. is is in line with a study in Rwanda by Ufashingabire et al[11] and Zeb et al[18] in Pakistan where most of the nurses 59.4% and 83.3%, respectively, had no formal training on paediatric pain management.…”

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“…Nurses per their training are often expected to have a good knowledge of pain management. However, studies showed that some nurses working with children have poor knowledge and practices with regard to paediatric pain management [2,11,12]. Studies by Aziato and Adejumo [13] revealed that nurses' inadequate pain management knowledge might have resulted from numerous causes such as curriculum gaps during training, inadequate clinical supervision, and lack of funding for organizing regular workshops.…”

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Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Wuni

Salia

Ibrahim

et al. 2020

Pain Research and Management

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Background. Pain is a major source of distress for children on admission, parents, and clinician. Hospitalized children continuously experience unrelieved pain; hence, the provision of effective pain management is an integral and important part of the nurse’s role. Adequate knowledge and positive practices of nurses regarding pain management among children are key if optimal pain management is to be achieved among paediatric cases. However, there is a paucity of published data on paediatric management among nurses in the northern part of Ghana. Aim. The current study, therefore, evaluated nurse’s knowledge and practices and identified the barriers to paediatric pain management in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Methodology. This was a descriptive cross-sectional facility-based study that employed a quantitative approach to data collection. A total of 180 nurses were selected conveniently from 10 selected wards of the hospital for the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The data were subsequently analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. Logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables of interest. Results. The findings revealed that the majority (61.1%) of all the nurses had an overall good knowledge of paediatric pain management while 57.8% demonstrated good practices of pain management. From the study, the most reported barriers to paediatric pain management by the nurses were insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate staffing (72.2%). In further analysis, critical care nurses were 5.87 times more likely to engage in good practices of paediatric pain management than paediatric nurses (OR = 5.87 (95% CI : 1.07–32.00), p = 0.041 ). Conclusion. The majority (61.1%) of all the respondents showed good knowledge of pain management and 57.8% demonstrated good pain management practices. Despite the high knowledge and practice, factors such as insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate nurse staffing (72.2%) affect effective pain management. Paediatric pain management should be treated as a priority, and hence more efforts should be put in place to curtail the barriers that hinder its practice.

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Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

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Salia

Ibrahim

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“…al who found that oncology nurses lacked sufficient knowledge regarding pain management among cancer pain ) 11 (. The study was also supported by study done in Rwanda by Ufashingabire et al, who found that nurses working in ICU had poor knowledge and bad attitudes towards pain assessment and management (12). This finding was in good agreement with that obtained by Tufekci et al have identified knowledge deficits about pain management and health care professionals misconceptions about pain as the major challenge towards effective pain management.…”

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Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Pain Management at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals

2020

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Poorly managed or unmanaged pain is a problem that affects individuals, entire healthcare systems and societies throughout the world .Objectives: To assess nurses' knowledge and attitudes about patient's pain management and to find out the relationship between knowledge , attitudes and their demographical characteristic. Methodology:A descriptive cross sectional design study was carried out among 100 nurses working in male and female surgical wards, ICU, surgical ward, emergency and operating theatre of four teaching hospitals, Baghdad city. Census method was used to select the participants, in which all the nurses working in the selected wards who agreed to participate in the study were selected. Data was collected by distributing structured self-administered questionnaire which was a modified form of a standard tool, that is, Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain (NKASRP) developed by Ferrel and McCaffery. Results:The majority of the study were male who accounted for (63%) of the total participants while female constituted (37%). Most of participants (49%) were ages between (18 -27) years old, a high percentage of them were have institute graduate (40%), (50%) of the nurses were single and the remainder was married. Majority of them (37%) were employee (1-5) years in employment in nursing. Majority of them (45%) were employee (1-5) years in intensive care unit, and finally majority of nurses (77%) have training session about patient's pain management. Conclusions:This study indicated that nurses' have poor knowledge about pain management, as well as study indicated overall nurses' have positive attitudes toward pain management.

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“…One Rwandan study showed that nurses in an adult intensive care unit lacked adequate knowledge and had a poor attitude towards pain management. [14] This paper introduces the background and significance of neonatal pain management. The short-and long-term complications of failing to recognise and relieve neonatal pain are presented.…”

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Neonatal pain management among nurses and midwives at two Kigali hospitals

Muteteli¹,

Tengera²,

Gowan³

2019

Rwanda Journal of Medicine and Health Sciences

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BackgroundThe care of high-risk neonates in intensive care units is a relatively new field in resource-limited countries. Consequently, pain management of neonates has not been included or considered as part of neonatal care. Neonatal pain is more difficult to assess than adult pain, as they are unable to self-report. Nurses and midwives caring for neonates have a professional responsibility to recognise and manage neonatal pain. ObjectivesTo assess the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses and midwives providing neonatal pain management at two hospitals in Kigali. Methodology A descriptive cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected from a convenience sample of 66 nurses and midwives providing neonatal care. Data analysis was achieved through descriptive and inferential statistics. ResultsThe majority (74.2%) demonstrated a low level of knowledge of neonatal pain and its management. Over half (51.5%) had a positive attitude toward neonatal pain management, though over three quarters (84.8%) reported a low level of integrating pain management into practice. ConclusionsThere is a knowledge deficit among the nurses and midwives providing neonatal pain management. A gap lies between their attitude and practice. More educational opportunities are needed to better assess and manage pain in the neonatal patient.Rwanda J Med Health Sci 2019;2(2):138-146.

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Knowledge and attitudes of nurses regarding pain in the intensive care unit patients in Rwanda

Abstract: Background: Pain is a significant burden experienced by patients admitted to the adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU). Acute

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Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Evaluation of Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes toward Pain Management at Baghdad Teaching Hospitals

Neonatal pain management among nurses and midwives at two Kigali hospitals

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