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Nurses' personal pain experiences and their pain management knowledge
1New Britain General Hospital, Connecticut, USA.
Background:
This study examined nurses' personal experiences with pain and whether nurses' personal pain experiences were associated with initial pain management knowledge and ability to learn more about pain management.
Method:
This descriptive correlational study was a secondary analysis of a study that used a one-group pretest-posttest design to examine the effect of a pain management education program on nurses' pain management knowledge. The sample consisted of 177 nurses who answered yes to having had a personal pain experience requiring treatment.
Results:
Nurses reported 13 types of pain, with pharmacological interventions comprising 94.4% of the pain treatments. Nurses' previous personal pain experiences were negatively related to their initial pain management knowledge (r = -.23, p < .01).
Conclusion:
Nurses' personal pain experience may impact their learning of pain management knowledge and should be considered when designing pain management education.
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