Nurses’ and doctors’ knowledge of pain after surgery

Coulling, Sarah

doi:10.7748/ns2005.05.19.34.41.c3859

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“…BLBK046-Cox July 24, 2008 13:46 Perioperative Pain Management (Chiu et al 2003, Coulling 2005 and studies concerning beliefs about pain continue to highlight misconceptions, such as neurologically impaired infants feeling less pain (Breu McGrath 2006). Knowledge, beliefs and attitudes comprise a dominant combination which can impede the delivery of good interventions.…”

Section: Assessing Painmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers to Effective Pain Management

Carr

2007

Journal of Perioperative Practice

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Key Messagesr Patients often have poor understanding regarding pain management, which results in low expectations of pain relief and satisfaction with inadequate pain control.r The experience of pain has long been accepted as an inevitable part of surgical intervention, but new understanding reveals a dynamic and complex nervous system which can change in response to unrelieved pain, potentially leaving permanent damage and chronic pain.r Health care professionals often lack appropriate knowledge, attitudes and skills to effectively manage pain due to inadequate education.r Local hospital regulations and policies may inadvertently inhibit the effective management of pain by causing unnecessary delays to the timely administration of analgesics.r Globally, many people are denied good pain relief due to some countries' inability to effectively import and distribute morphine for medical reasons.

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Section: Assessing Painmentioning

confidence: 99%

Barriers to Effective Pain Management

Carr

2007

Journal of Perioperative Practice

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“…In achieving the goal of pain management, nurses have numerous responsibilities and shouls have adequate knowledge required (Craige, 2014;Coulling, 2005;Courtenay and Carey, 2008). Zhang et al (2008) stated that many nurses lack pain management knowledge and a varying number of studies indicated knowledge deficits and inadequate pain assessment as the most important barriers for health care professionals in implementing pain management.…”

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Pain as 5th vital sign: impact of pain assessment training program on Nigerian nurses knowledge of pain management

Onianwa¹,

Alonge²,

Otegbayo³

et al. 2017

Int. J. Nurs. Midwifery

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Pain is subjective and it can only be described by the individual experiencing it. It is the main reason why people seek medical help. Nurses play a major role in the management of pain; hence they must be highly knowledgeable to ensure their practices are of high quality. The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of Nurses' Pain Educational Program (NPEP) on nurses' knowledge of pain management. The quantitative design was employed in the study; five lectures on the Nurses Pain Educational Program (NPEP) were conducted for 500 nurses. All participants were given 15 items questionnaires in a pre and post test design. The study location was the University College Hospital Ibadan and the duration of the study was between March to December, 2015. The pre and post-test on nurses' knowledge were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics and the overall improvement in knowledge and management of pain was analyzed using the student t-test. The participants were divided into groups; each group was trained for two days in a week using the Nurses Pain Educational Program Package (NPEP). Findings revealed an improvement in knowledge which was found to be statistically significant (P < 0.000). This was evident by the results of the pre-test and post-test values; pre-test mean score was 2.6 ± 0.05 while that of the post test score was 4.0 ± 0.04. This indicated that knowledge was impacted. The Nurses Pain Educational Program had a positive effect on nurses' knowledge of pain assessment and pain management.

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“…In addition, health professionals have an ethical duty to ensure pain in children is recognised and managed effectively (Olmstead et al 2010). Although effective pain management is dependent on collaboration across the multi-professional team (The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health 1997, Coulling 2005, RCN, 2009, nurses have 24 hour contact with hospitalised children and often assume the overall responsibility for the management of children's pain.…”

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Evaluating students’ knowledge of child pain and its management after attending a bespoke course

Owens

Smith²,

Jonas³

2014

Nursing Children and Young People

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AimTo evaluate the impact of a structured pain education programme on pre-registration children's nursing students' knowledge and attitudes of the management of pain in children. MethodOne hundred and twenty seven pre-registration children's nursing students participated in the project. A pre and post intervention design compared student nurses knowledge of pain and pain management in children before and after a pain education programme. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics. FindingsStudent nurses' knowledge in relation to the management of pain improved slightly when comparing questionnaire answers before and after the programme for the intervention group.Although, the number of students achieving correct answers in the intervention group was overall better than the control group the percentage of correct answers group was disappointing and for some question less than 50%. ConclusionA bespoke pain management programme has the potential to develop a positive student attitude towards the management of pain in children. However, knowledge of the physiology and pharmacology of pain needs to be revisited throughout the undergraduate nursing programme as students struggle with these concepts.

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Nurses’ and doctors’ knowledge of pain after surgery

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Pain as 5th vital sign: impact of pain assessment training program on Nigerian nurses knowledge of pain management

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