Nurses’ knowledge within the context of pain management

Mackrodt, Karen; White, Moira

doi:10.1054/joon.2000.0126

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“…Although pain management is one of the most critical aspects of patient care and it is relevant to all skilled health attendants, there have been few published pain management research studies focusing specifically on those working in maternity or labour wards 19 - 20 . Several studies have identified that there is a gap in the skilled health attendants’ knowledge about pain generally and this could greatly affect their management of pain across all continuum of care 21 - 22 .…”

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Skilled health attendants’ knowledge and practice of pain management during labour in health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria

OHAERI¹,

Owolabi²,

Ingwu³

2019

Eur J Midwifery

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INTRODUCTION Skilled health attendants occupy an important position in the management of women's pain during labour. Their professional goal is to ensure safety and minimum pain in labour. It has been revealed that nurse-midwives are deficient in knowledge and practice of pain management during labour. Hence, this study examined skilled health attendants' knowledge and practice of pain management in health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria. METHODS A cross-sectional design was used to collect data from 227 skilled health attendants, in the maternity units of the three purposively selected hospitals for 12 weeks. A structured questionnaire and observational check lists were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and significants level was set with p<0.05. RESULTS Results on respondents' level of knowledge revealed that 6% had low knowledge, 40.5% moderate, and 56.8% had a high level. The majority, 79.7%, were registered nurse-midwives (RN/RM) and 90.1% employed reassurance for pain relief. No significant associations were found between respondents' level of education and reassurance, exercise, allay of fear, use of drugs, and TENS (p>0.05). However, there were significant associations between respondents' educational level and rubbing of back/ massage, position change, cold/warm bath, relaxation, and social support (p<0.05). CONCLUSIONS It is recommended that seminars and workshops should be organized regularly and assessment tools should be supplied, to enhance effective pain assessment as this will provide adequate and holistic labour-pain management by nurse-midwives.

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Skilled health attendants’ knowledge and practice of pain management during labour in health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria

OHAERI¹,

Owolabi²,

Ingwu³

2019

Eur J Midwifery

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“…Several nursing research studies have found nurses to be lacking in knowledge of pain and pain management (Mackrodt & White 2001, Sloman et al. 2001), as well as lacking skills in pain assessment (Bergh & Sjostrom 1999).…”

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Nurses’ assessment of pain in surgical patients

Sloman¹,

Rosen²,

Rom³

et al. 2005

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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“…The results of the pharmacology subscale are consistent with other studies examining nurses' and midwives' general knowledge of the pharmacologic agents used for pain control. Inadequate knowledge of opioid analgesics by nurses and midwives has been a primary issue to researchers for many years (Jastrzab et al, 2003;Mackrodt & White, 2001;McMillan et al, 2000;Heath, 1998;McCaffery & Ferrell, 1997;McCaffery & Ferrell, 1992;Hamilton & Edgar, 1992;Cohen, 1980). These studies have consistently identified lack of knowledge about the use of analgesic drugs, including inaccurate knowledge about commonly used analgesics, routes of administration, titration of doses, equianalgesic dosing and concerns about the possibility of opioid addiction or respiratory depression.…”

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