Nurses’ and Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Pediatric Pain
Joint Authors
Ortiz, Mario I.
Ponce-Monter, Héctor A.
Rangel-Flores, Eduardo
Castro-Gamez, Blanca
Romero-Quezada, Luis C.
O’Brien, Jessica P.
Romo-Hernández, Georgina
Escamilla-Acosta, Marco A.
Source
Issue
Vol. 2015, Issue 2015 (31 Dec. 2015), pp.1-8, 8 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2015-10-12
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Nursing staff spend more time with patients with pain than any other health staff member.
For this reason, the nurse must possess the basic knowledge to identify the presence of pain in patients, to measure its intensity and make the steps necessary for treatment.
Therefore, a prospective, descriptive, analytical, and cross-sectional study was conducted to investigate the knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain in two different populations.
The questionnaire, Pediatric Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (PKNAS), was applied to 111 hospital pediatric nurses and 300 university nursing students.
The final scores for pediatric nurses and nursing students were 40.1 ± 7.9 and 40.3 ± 7.5, respectively.
None of the sociodemographic variables predicted the scores obtained by the participants ( P > 0.05 ).
There was a high correlation between the PKNAS scores of pediatric nurses and nursing students ( r = 0.86 , P < 0.001 ).
It was observed that the degree of knowledge about pain and its treatment was very low in both groups.
Due to this deficiency, pain in children remains inadequately managed, which leads to suffering in this population.
It is necessary to increase the continued training in this subject in both areas.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ortiz, Mario I.& Ponce-Monter, Héctor A.& Rangel-Flores, Eduardo& Castro-Gamez, Blanca& Romero-Quezada, Luis C.& O’Brien, Jessica P.…[et al.]. 2015. Nurses’ and Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Pediatric Pain. Nursing Research and Practice،Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ortiz, Mario I.…[et al.]. Nurses’ and Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Pediatric Pain. Nursing Research and Practice No. 2015 (2015), pp.1-8.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ortiz, Mario I.& Ponce-Monter, Héctor A.& Rangel-Flores, Eduardo& Castro-Gamez, Blanca& Romero-Quezada, Luis C.& O’Brien, Jessica P.…[et al.]. Nurses’ and Nursing Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Pediatric Pain. Nursing Research and Practice. 2015. Vol. 2015, no. 2015, pp.1-8.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1075468
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1075468