Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Management of Pediatric Nurses in Turkey

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

“…Although the level of education and years of experience were shown to significantly affect nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pain management in previous studies, [42,43,52] the results of the current study did not support these previous findings. No significant correlation among level of education, years of experience, and nursing students' level of knowledge measured by PNKAS scores was found.…”

“…A recent Turkish study found similar results when most Turkish nurses answered questions related to addiction and pharmacology incorrectly. [42] Other studies reported that nurses have a knowledge deficit regarding pain medication, [41,43,44] which hinder nurses' abilities for providing patients with optimal pain assessment and management options. [34] Generally, nurses have limited pharmacological skills and knowledge in the area of drug prescribing and administration.…”

Knowledge and Attitude towards Pain Management among Nurses Working at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

“…A study done in the United Kingdom had a comparative cross-sectional study design but our study design was descriptive cross-sectional. e USA study used a mail data collection technique by using 52 items for the assessment of knowledge among 1000 emergency e result of this study also showed that nurses' knowledge towards pain management was higher than that in the studies done in Mekelle, Ethiopia, 58.6% [22], Zimbabwe, 35.5% [16], Iran, 46.6% [23], Turkey, 38.2% [12] and 39.5% [24], Australia, 24% [25] and Malaysia, 25% [4]. e possible justification of this finding which is higher than the above studies might be due to differences in study setting, the difference in sample size, different instruments used, and the difference in the outcome rating they used; for example, in Malaysian study, the knowledge was rated as high, moderate, and low.…”

“…e required sample size was determined by using a single population proportion formula by considering 95% CI, 5% margin of error, Proportion = knowledge = 58% [12], and 10% of the calculated sample size was added to compensate nonresponse rate. Finally, a total of 411 nurses were recruited in the study.…”

Effects of postoperative pain management educational interventions on the outcomes of parents and their children who underwent an inpatient elective surgery: A randomized controlled trial

“…Valizadeh et al (2016) reported that active and informed participation from both parents and their children is an important factor to achieve optimal management of children's postoperative pains. The effect of pain management relies on healthcare providers' knowledge, attitudes and skills (Ekim & Ocakci, 2013;Rony et al, 2010). While the effects of using postoperative pain management education to improve of nurses' knowledge, attitudes and postoperative pain management for children have been manifested (Guardini, Talamini, Lirutti, & Palese, 2008;He, Vehvil€ ainen-Julkunen, Pietil€ a, & P€ olkki, 2008;He, Vehvil€ ainen-Julkunen, P€ olkki, & Pietil€ a, 2010), there has been insufficient research on whether such pain management education programmes for parents with children undergoing inpatient elective surgery can be just as efficacious.…”