scholarly journals Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 4595-4607
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Ogunyinka ◽  
Kazeem Yusuff ◽  
Patrick O Erah ◽  
Kazeem Oshikoya ◽  
Folayemi Faponle ◽  
...  
2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niang‐Huei Peng ◽  
Amy Hsuan‐Chih Lao ◽  
Chao‐Huei Chen ◽  
Min‐Chun Lee ◽  
Li‐Wen Chiang ◽  
...  

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (6) ◽  
pp. 707-717 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deborah Peirce ◽  
Victoria Corkish ◽  
Margie Lane ◽  
Sally Wilson

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Abigail Kusi Amponsah ◽  
Joana Kyei-Dompim ◽  
Evans Frimpong Kyei ◽  
Evans Oduro ◽  
Richard Adongo Afaya ◽  
...  

Pain is one of the commonest reasons why children visit the hospital. Inadequately treated pain in children can negatively affect their physical, psychological, and social well-being; it also places financial burden on families of affected children and healthcare systems in general. Considering the eventual suffering of vulnerable children and their families if nursing students are insufficiently educated and ill-prepared, the current study aimed at assessing final year nursing student’s knowledge and attitudes pertaining to pediatric pain. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 100 final year undergraduate nursing students at a private university college in Ghana. In addition to their ages and gender, the students responded to the 42 individual items on the Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey regarding pain (PNKAS) instrument. Descriptive statistical analysis was aided by the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 25 software. The mean age of the final year nursing students was 29 years (range of 21 to 47 years); a majority of them were females (78%). Participants had an average (SD) correct answer score of 44.0% (10.6%). Good pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes were observed in items that were related to the individualized and multidimensional nature of the pain experience and its treatment, benefits of pre-emptive analgesia, pharmacodynamics, and pain assessment. Poor pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes occurred in items that focused on pain perceptions, opioid drug administration, useful pain medications, pain physiology, and nonpharmacological pain management interventions. Final year nursing students have insufficient knowledge and attitudes toward children’s pain management. Areas of good and poor pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes should be considered when designing and implementing educational interventions on this subject. Curricular revisions should be made on existing nursing curriculum to lay more emphasis on children’s pain management and use educational interventions that support knowledge translation for improved care.


2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (15) ◽  
pp. 2014-2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liza YY Lui ◽  
Winnie KW So ◽  
Daniel YT Fong

2004 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynn McCleary ◽  
Jacqueline A Ellis ◽  
Betty Rowley

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 6609-6626
Author(s):  
Shuyuan Li

This study is a cross-sectional survey of the satisfaction of postoperative patients its relationship to the knowledge and attitudes of Chinese nurses on pain management. Data were sourced out from two groups of respondents participated in the study, 75 post-operative patients and 97 in-service nurses from the health institutions China. The study was conducted for five-months. Ethics protocols were observed before and after the conduct of the study. Findings showed that post-operative pain management program among the participating medical institutions in China were assessed to have moderate level of satiation by the patients. All the components namely pain relief experience, care provided by the nurses, education provided as to pain management, and therapeutic dialogue provided by the nurses were all assessed by postoperative Chinese patients at a fair level. Meanwhile, gender and education of post-operative patients can be considered as factors in the planning and implementation of pain management program. Consequently, similar to studies conducted worldwide, Chinese nurses do not establish yet an optimal level of knowledge and attitude towards pain management. Meanwhile age, experience, education are factors on the knowledge and attitude on pain management among nurses. Finally, positive moderate relationship is established between patient satisfaction and knowledge and attitudes of nursing staff towards pain management. The findings of these study call for action and reform in the implementation of pain management program focusing on the major role and development of 21st century nurses. Practical implications of the study are discussed.


1995 ◽  
Vol 10 (7) ◽  
pp. 494-504 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas E. Elliott ◽  
David M. Murray ◽  
Barbara A. Elliott ◽  
Barbara Braun ◽  
Martin M. Oken ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. e226-e235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara Voshall ◽  
Karen S. Dunn ◽  
Debra Shelestak

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