Staff nurses' perceptions of barriers to effective pain management

Wallace, Kathleen G.; Reed, Barbara A.; Pasero, Chris; Olsson, Gayle L.

doi:10.1016/0885-3924(94)00125-5

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“…Many of the studies that investigated the effect of educational programmes on healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and/or practice reported that there was either no change in the knowledge, attitude or practice (Wallace, Reed, Pasero, & Olsson, 1995) or the change was not significant (Bauwens et al, 2001;Camp-Sorrell & O'Sullivan, 1991;Clarke et al, 1996;Francke, Luiken, de Schepper, Abu-Saad, & Grypdonck, 1997;Zernikow et al, 2008). Many of the studies that investigated the effect of educational programmes on healthcare professionals' knowledge, attitudes and/or practice reported that there was either no change in the knowledge, attitude or practice (Wallace, Reed, Pasero, & Olsson, 1995) or the change was not significant (Bauwens et al, 2001;Camp-Sorrell & O'Sullivan, 1991;Clarke et al, 1996;Francke, Luiken, de Schepper, Abu-Saad, & Grypdonck, 1997;Zernikow et al, 2008).…”

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Cancer-related pain management: A review of knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals

2016

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Cancer-related pain (CRP) is common and many patients continue to experience pain in spite of advances in pain management modalities. The lack of knowledge, inadequate assessment of CRP and/or organisational factors, such as lack of time due to heavy workload, can be a barrier to effective pain management of healthcare professionals. The purpose was to examine the evidence with regard to the knowledge and attitudes towards practice of healthcare professionals in relation to CRP management. A search of the literature (1999-2015) was conducted searching databases and journals including CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, PubMed, Science Direct and Wiley-Blackwell. The initial search revealed a total of 99 articles and following removal of those that did not meet the inclusion criteria, 19 articles were included in the final review. Recognition of the widespread under treatment of CRP has prompted recent corrective efforts in terms of education from healthcare professionals, however, there is a continuing deficit in healthcare professionals' knowledge with regard to CRP management and indicated that healthcare professionals still have negative attitudes that hinder the delivery of quality care to patients suffering from CRP. Further research on how and where education on this topic should be delivered is required.

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Cancer-related pain management: A review of knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals

2016

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“…Unfortunately, some health professionals do not recognize their own inadequacy and, therefore, do not see the need to change their pain management practice (Simons and Roberson, 2002;Wallace et al, 1995).…”

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Pain assessment tools: children’s nurses’ views

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MacDonald

2004

J Child Health Care

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The persistence of inadequate treatment of pain in children could be due to lack of knowledge and nurses' failure to assess and manage pain effectively. It is recognized that effective pain assessment leads to more satisfied children and families. This study explored children's nurses' views on the use of pain assessment tools in a tertiary referral centre. Almost two-thirds of nurses did not have a preference for a pain assessment tool, but nearly three-quarters of nurses surveyed agreed that the introduction of pain assessment tools would improve documentation. When nurses were asked how much time they needed for education on these tools, 83 percent wanted only two hours, although almost half stated lack of knowledge or education as the main obstacle to use of a pain assessment tool. The inconsistencies in these replies could reflect the conflicting demands between the nurses' need to increase their knowledge of pain assessment while managing a heavy workload.

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“…Several pain instruments were reviewed to identify and evaluate factors that influence nurses' decisions to adopt EBPMP. These instruments included the Staff Nurse Survey of Barriers to Effective Pain Management (Wallace et al 1995), Barriers Questionnaire (Ward et al 1993), Pain Management: Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey (Ferrell et al 1991), Pain Knowledge Questionnaire (Brockopp et al 2003(Brockopp et al , 2004 and Clinical Decision-Making Questionnaire for Pain Management (Brockopp et al 2003(Brockopp et al , 2004. Many of these instruments have been used internationally, including in countries such as Hong Kong, Italy, Taiwan, Turkey and the United States of America (USA) (Erkes et al 2001, Bernardi et al 2007, Tsai et al 2007, Yildirim et al 2008.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several pain instruments were reviewed to identify and evaluate factors that influence nurses’ decisions to adopt EBPMP. These instruments included the Staff Nurse Survey of Barriers to Effective Pain Management (Wallace et al. 1995), Barriers Questionnaire (Ward et al.…”

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confidence: 99%