Knowledge and attitudes of pediatric nurses regarding pain management in Palestinian hospitals in West Bank

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Background: Pain management is a necessary aspect of nursing care of pediatric patients.Literature review asserts nurses continue to have knowledge deficits and ongoing negative attitudes toward pain management.Nurses are at the forefront in patient care and the appropriate skills, knowledge, and attitudes in pain assessment and management is essential in order to provide optimal patient.Purpose: To assess the current level of knowledge and attitudes of pediatric nurses regarding pain management, and to determine if there is a relationship between demographic, professional data and nurses‘ knowledge, and attitudes toward pain management in Palestinian hospitals in West Bank. Instrument: Pediatric nurses' knowledge and attitudes survey (PNKAS) was used in this study to assess the level of nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management in children among pediatric nurses in Palestinian hospitals. Method: Descriptive, quantitative cross sectional study was performed at 14 hospitals among 256 nurses who work in general pediatric wards in West Bank. Results: The total mean score on PNKAS scale was 50.4%, highest score was 84.8%, and lowest score was 25%.The majority of participants 83%had less than 60% of correct answers, while 15%of nurses their scores werebetween 60-79%. However only 2%of nurses who had 80% or above in PNKAS scores. Also it's noticed that demographic and professional factors such as nurses' age, gender, education, and work experiencedo not have a significant effect on nurses' knowledge and attitudes scores.Most nurses demonstrated lack of knowledge about pain management. About 98.4%of nurses had misconception about incidence of opioid addiction, 94.9% of them also had knowledge deficit about incidence of respiratory depression in opioid management, and 91% of nurses xiibelieve that children overreporttheir pain. The findings of this study showed that pediatric nurses in Palestine have insufficient knowledge and improper attitudes regarding pain management. Recommendations: Construct andimplement several strategies to enhance nurses' understanding and application ofrelevant knowledge and practice by educational programs, continuous trainingin clinical field. Moreovernursing faculties should examine the content of nursing courses for depth, accuracy, and relevance of pain assessment and management information that reflect current standards of practice.In addition Developing anintegrated approach to teach studentsa bout pain management and providing students with the opportunity totaking successive pain courses and implement reflective learning interventi

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Crawler

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الرسائل العلمية

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رسائل ماجيستير

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المعرفة والسلوكيات لدى ممرضي الأطفال تجاه إدارة الألم في مستشفيات الضفة الغربية

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Knowledge and attitudes of pediatric nurses regarding pain management in Palestinian hospitals in West Bank

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فريد غريب

الإعداد

أحمد ابراهيم خلف بجالي

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