A study to evaluate the pain knowledge of two sub‐populations of final year nursing students: Australia and Philippines

Abstract

The results demonstrate consistently low levels of knowledge and also knowledge gaps about basic pain mechanisms, terms and treatment amongst these three final year nursing classes. Such information is useful to define levels of basic knowledge about this topic, and can be explored further as to whether some or all of these facts are deemed necessary for inclusion in nursing curriculum by reference to documents such as the International Association for the Study of Pain curriculum.

Undergraduate nursing students' knowledge and attitude regarding pain management of children in Upper Egypt

“…These results were in agreement with Al Omari Omar (2016) [8] and Al-Khawaldeh et al (2013) [9] who stated that nursing students' knowledge of and attitudes toward pain in Jordan is far from optimal. And also, the same findings were obtained from previous studies of Latchman Jessica (2010), [23] Chiu et al (2003), [24] Rhimi-Madiseh et al (2010), [25] Lunsford (2014), [26] Chow and Chan (2015) [27] and Plaisance and Logan (2006). [14] Many factors contributed to nursing students' poor knowledge and attitudes toward pain management.…”

Knowledge and attitudes of Jordanian nursing students toward children’s pain assessment and management: A cross-sectional study

“…[ 22,23,27,35,36] However, Jordanian nursing students still have a low score compared with their counterparts in other developed countries, such as Canada, the United States, and Ireland. [34,[36][37][38][39][40][41] This may refer to the limited hours in curricula devoted to teach the pain management topic.…”

“…[23] In order to do this, nurses must be prepared during their undergraduate studies with necessary pain assessment and management knowledge and have positive attitudes towards pain management. [21,24] A few studies have tested the level of pain assessment and management knowledge among nursing students, and they found that nursing students lack appropriate knowledge.…”

“…[21,24] A few studies have tested the level of pain assessment and management knowledge among nursing students, and they found that nursing students lack appropriate knowledge. [23,[25][26][27] Previous research alluded to the importance of nurses to have appropriate knowledge regarding pain during their study and integrating pain management topic as a part of nursing syllabus. [21,24] However, in Jordan, lecturers devote only a small proportion of the child health nursing curriculum (theory) to pain management.…”

Barriers to Effective Pain Management

“…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.…”