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Pediatric nurses' knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain
1Children's Medical Center of Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA.
Purpose:
The purpose of this study is to determine pediatric nurses' current attitudes and knowledge regarding pain.
Method:
The Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Survey was completed by a convenience sample of 274 nurses at a large children's medical center.
Results:
Sixty-six percent of the questions were answered correctly. Nurses with their master's degree scored significantly higher (75%). Hematology/oncology nurses (76%), nurses from the intensive care unit (71%), and emergency room nurses (70%) scored significantly higher than nurses from other patient care units.
Conclusions:
Pain management knowledge deficiencies were identified, including assessment; pharmacologic management with opioids, nonopioids, and adjuvant medications; risks of addiction; risks of respiratory depression; nonpharmacologic pain interventions; and the treatment of procedural pain, surgical pain, and cancer pain.
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