Volume 15, Issue 8 (November 2017)                   Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2017, 15(8): 620-629 | Back to browse issues page

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hosseinzadegan F, shahbaz A, jasemi M. SURVEY OF NURSE’S KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE AND PRACTICE IN SURGERY WARDS TOWARD ASSESSMENT AND MANAGEMENT OF PATIENTS’S PAIN IN TEACHING HOSPITALS OF URMIA IN 2016. Nursing and Midwifery Journal 2017; 15 (8) :620-629
URL: http://unmf.umsu.ac.ir/article-1-3230-en.html
1- Candidate of PhD in Nursing, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
2- Msc in Nursing, faculty member of Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran (Corresponding Author) , a.shahbaz62229@yahoo.com
3- Assistant professor of Nursing department, PhD of Nursing, Urmia University of Medical Sciences, Urmia, Iran
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Background & Aims: Lack of control and proper management of pain can lead to high costs for patients, families and society as well as physiological and psychological effects in person. Because of that, nurses compared to other health care workers spent more times with patients, therefore they should have adequate preparation in the field of pain management. The aim of this study was to determine knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses in surgery wards toward assessment and management of patient’s pain. Materials & Methods: This is a descriptive and analytic study that was carried out on 114 nurses that work in surgical wards of teaching hospitals in Urmia by using census method for sampling. Data collection tool was a structured questionnaire containng four parts: demographic data and special questions concerning knowledge, attitude and practice. The data was analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics, Spearman and Pearson correlation factors. Results: Finding of study showed that mean and standard deviation of attitude score for participants was 55.54±5.92, for practice 10.46±2.57 and for knowledge 9.66±2.30. There was no statistical correlation between demographic characteristics and mean score of knowledge, attitude and practice of nurses toward assessment and management of patient pain but there was statistical corelation between education experience about pain management and scores of knowledge and attitudes. Conclusion: The result of this study showed that nurses have positive attitude and medium knowledge and practice in assessment and management of patients pain therefore need to implement of education program for nurses to acurate assessment and management of patients pain and for improve of caring quality.    
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