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Pain management: cognitive restructuring as a model for teaching nursing students.

Ruth McCaffrey1, Joyce Zerwekh, Kathryn Keller

  • 1College of Nursing, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL 33431, USA. rmccaffr@fau.edu

Nurse Educator
|September 20, 2005
PubMed
Summary

Nursing students experience anxiety managing pain due to common misconceptions. Cognitive restructuring helps address these fears, promoting evidence-based pain management and reasoned practice.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing Education
  • Pain Management
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Nursing students frequently report fear and anxiety regarding pain management.
  • Common misconceptions include addiction fears, unwarranted side effect concerns (e.g., respiratory depression), and beliefs about pain's inevitability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore the impact of cognitive restructuring on nursing students' pain management anxiety.
  • To identify and address key misconceptions influencing student practice.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized cognitive restructuring techniques.
  • Focused on identifying and challenging distorted thinking patterns related to pain management.

Main Results:

  • Cognitive restructuring effectively diminished anxiety in nursing students.

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  • Challenging misconceptions led to more reasoned pain management practices.

    • Conclusions:

    • Cognitive restructuring is a valuable tool for alleviating nursing student anxiety.
    • Addressing misconceptions is crucial for improving pain management education and practice.