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An Experimental Paradigm for the Prediction of Post-Operative Pain PPOP
Published on: January 27, 2010
[Comparison between 2 groups of nursing professionals on the knowledge of pediatric pain]
C Lobete Prieto1, C Rey Galán2, A H Kiza3
1Servicio de Pediatría, Hospital del Oriente de Asturias, Arriondas, España.
Objective:
To compare infant pain knowledge between a group of nurses who work in a pediatric hospital and one that works in a general hospital.
Material And Methods:
Descriptive study based on the use of a validated questionnaire for assessing the knowledge and attitudes of nurses about pediatric pain (Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain [PNKAS]). PNKAS questionnaire was distributed to the nursing staff of a pediatric hospital and a general hospital and the results were compared.
Results:
The average score obtained in the pediatric vs. the general hospital was: mean, 51.7% vs. 47.2%, 95% confidence interval, 47.5 to 56% vs. 43.6 to 50.8% (P=.098).
Conclusions:
There were no differences between the scores in the PNKAS questionnaire between nurses working exclusively with children and nurses working with general population. Training on pediatric pain needs to be improved in nurses caring for sick children.
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