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

Onianwa, Patricia O; Alonge, T O; Otegbayo, Jesse Abiodun; Ike, Elizabeth Urenna; Chukura, Felicia O.; Are, Olufunke O.; Akanbi, Folashade Om; Ayorinde, Mary O.; Adubi, Iyanuoluwa Oreofe; Yaya, OlaOluwa S.

doi:10.5897/ijnm2017.0283

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“…It could be possible that the nurses in the study by Zeb and colleagues (2019) did not use the information they acquired. This finding also disagrees with earlier studies by Chou and Colleagues (2016) in Asia and Onianwa et al (2017) in Nigeria that showed that some nurses do not have the competency required in pain management practice. For instance, Chou and Colleagues (2016) suggest that nurses need to acquire relevant information pertaining to pain management for optimum care delivery, while Onianwa et al (2017) found that nurses were deficient in their baseline pain management knowledge.…”

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“…Other studies in Nigeria by Onianwa, Alonge, Otegbayo, Ike, Chukura, Akanbi et al (2017) and Nwagwu and Oshiname (2009) found that nurses and other health care professionals can obtain information related to pain management through the process of patient assessment. This is necessary because it would guide the nurse in appropriate decision about administration of analgesics.…”

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Influence of Surgical Nurses’ Information Behaviour on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Babalola¹,

Esobuneta²,

Salawu³

2021

IKM

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Surgical patients need prompt and adequate pain relief after surgery. This required surgical nurses' need to acquire and use information to facilitate pain relief. The ability of surgical nurses' to seek and use pain management information would enhance patients' pain relief. Based on this assumption, the study investigated influence of nurses' information behaviour on surgical patients' pain relief in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt. The study adopted survey design. A total sample of 786 drawn from the population of 3854 included 152 surgical nurses, 317 surgical patients, and 317 medication charts of the surgical patients using Krejcie and Morgan table. Multistage sampling technique was applied to select the participants. A validated questionnaire which was partly adapted, and medication charts audit checklist were used for data collection. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.74 to 0.90. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings revealed that nurses' information behaviour components (Adj. R2 = 0.146, (F(2.143) =13.362, p<0.05) had significant positive relative influence on surgical patients' pain relief. Nurses information behaviour (R 2 = 0.144, β = 0.380, p <0.05, significantly influence surgical patients' pain relief F(1,144) = 24.253, p< 0.05). Findings revealed that surgical nurses' information behaviour was very good, average weighted mean (M = 3.46). Further findings showed that surgical patients' level of pain relief was very high (M = 1.75). The study concludes that nurses' information behaviour improved surgical patients' pain relief in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study recommends that surgical nurses should improve on their information seeking and use behaviour to maintain pain relief among surgical patients.

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Influence of Surgical Nurses’ Information Behaviour on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Babalola¹,

Esobuneta²,

Salawu³

2021

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“…In our study about 16(4.4%), anti-pain side effects were documented and the most reported side effect was Nausea and vomiting (13(3.6%). This finding is almost similar to the study done in Niger [ 38 ].…”

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Post-operative pain assessment, management compliance with WHO guidelines and its barriers in hospitals of West Shoa zone, central of Ethiopia, 2021

Temesgen

Brihanu

Bekele

2022

Annals of Medicine &Amp; Surgery

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“…Evidences from developed countries like USA, UK, Australia, Malaysia, India, and New Zealand show that effective pain relief during the post-operative period was problematic (Chou et al, 2016;Rababa, 2018;Stodart & McCallum, 2014;Subramanian et al, 2017). Similar reports of disappointment with pain relief are equally available in Africa and Nigeria in particular (Githemo, Karani, Ogutu & Gachoka, 2018;Onianwa, et al, (2017). Masigati and Chilonga (2014) studied post-operative pain management outcome in Tanzania and found that only 18 (14.5%) reported absence of pain at rest during the early post-operative period.…”

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Influence of Scheduled Analgesics Administration on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

2021

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Pain is a serious problem for surgical patients during the post-operative period. Surgical patients receiving analgesics for pain management after surgery expect to achieve pain relief. However, current evidence revealed that some patients in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt do not achieve pain relief during the post-operative period. When patients do not achieve pain relief, they could become upset and frustrated with the care they received, leading to complaints and damage to the reputation of the teaching hospitals. Hence, this study determined the influence of scheduled analgesics administration on surgical patients' pain relief in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.The study utilized survey research design to answer the objectives. The population was 3854 comprising 250 surgical nurses, 1802 surgical patients and 1802 medication charts in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt. Krejcie and Morgan table was used to obtain the sample size of 152 nurses, 317 patients and 317 medication charts. Multistage sampling method was used to select the participants. A validated questionnaire which was partly adapted, and medication charts audit checklist were used for data collection. Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the constructs ranged from 0.74 to 0.90. A response rate of 87.1% over all was achieved. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.Findings revealed that scheduled analgesics administration had significant positive influence on surgical patients' pain relief (R 2 = .075, β = 0.273, p <0.05, F(1, 144) = 11.626, p < 0.05). Further findings showed that on the basis of the criterion mean of 3.0, surgical patients' level of pain relief was very high (M = 1.75). The study concludes that scheduled analgesics administration enhances surgical patients' pain relief in teaching hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. The study recommends that surgical nurses should follow the analgesics schedule prescribed for patients after surgery to increase and sustain pain relief among surgical patients.

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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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Influence of Surgical Nurses’ Information Behaviour on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Influence of Surgical Nurses’ Information Behaviour on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Post-operative pain assessment, management compliance with WHO guidelines and its barriers in hospitals of West Shoa zone, central of Ethiopia, 2021

Influence of Scheduled Analgesics Administration on Surgical Patients’ Pain Relief in Teaching Hospitals in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

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