Download or read book Cancer Pain Management written by Deborah B. McGuire and published by Jones & Bartlett Learning. This book was released on 1995 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cancer Pain Management, Second Edition will substantially advance pain education. The unique combination of authors -- an educator, a leading practitioner and administrator, and a research scientist -- provides comprehensive, authoritative coverage in addressing this important aspect of cancer care. The contributors, acknowledged experts in their areas, address a wide scope of issues. Educating health care providers to better assess and manage pain and improve patientsrsquo; and familiesrsquo; coping strategies are primary goals of this book. Developing research-based clinical guidelines and increasing funding for research is also covered. Ethical issues surrounding pain management and health policy implications are also explored.

Download or read book Assessment of Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management written by Robin Johnson Sherrill and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A review of current literature reveals that nurses continue to have knowledge deficits and ongoing negative attitudes toward pain management. Nurses who are at the forefront in patient care need the appropriate skills, knowledge, and attitudes in pain assessment and management in order to provide optimal patient care. The purpose of this study was to assess the current level of nursing knowledge and attitudes toward pain management. Benner's continuum of novice to expert was used to determine if there is a relationship between level of education, years of experience, perceived level of expertise and nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pain management. Pain Management Principles Assessment Tool and the Nurses' Pain Management Attitude Survey, two descriptive surveys, were used to survey nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pain management. Results revealed no correlation between years of experience, level of education, knowledge or attitudes toward pain management. A positive correlation was identified between the nurses' perceived level of expertise according to Benner's levels with attitudes but no correlation with knowledge. In other words, this indicates the nurses who perceived themselves higher on Benner's continuum of novice to expert had a more positive attitude but not more knowledge.

Download or read book Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management written by Joycelyn Anita Craig and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In many clinical settings, nurses have a vital role in pain assessment and titration of opioid doses. Surveys of nurses have revealed knowledge deficits in these areas that are thought to contribute to under treatment of pain. The present study surveys nurses' knowledge and attitudes about assessment and treatment of pain and confirms that nurses continue the under treatment of pain. As shown in previous studies, nurses may be more influenced by the patient's behavior than the patient's self-report of pain, especially in relation to decisions about opioid administration. Nurses are less likely to manage a previously safe but ineffective dose of opioid for a smiling patient than a grimacing patient. Survey results reveal a tendency for nurses' personal opinions and lack of understanding about the patients' pain, rather than their assessments, to influence choice of opioid dose and to contribute to insufficiency of managing pain. A quantitative study was used. Postoperative nurses were recruited from a large academic medical center. Data was collected on nurses' knowledge of pain management using the Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Survey, on perceived barriers to pain. The overall average correct response rate for the knowledge scale was 72.2 percent, indicating poor knowledge of pain management. Knowledge of pain management was significantly and negatively related to perceived barriers to pain management. Knowledge of pain was not correlated by nurses' education level or years of experience. The results indicated a need to strengthen pain education. Pain education should target knowledge deficits and barriers to changing pain management approaches for all nurses.

Download or read book Medical Surgical Nursing Single Volume Text and Elsevier Adaptive Learning Package written by Sharon L. Lewis and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2014-06-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Corresponding chapter-by-chapter to Medical-Surgical Nursing, 9e, Elsevier Adaptive Learning combines the power of brain science with sophisticated, patented Cerego algorithms to help you learn faster and remember longer. It's fun; it's engaging; and it's constantly tracking your performance and adapting to deliver content precisely when it's needed to ensure core information is transformed into lasting knowledge. Please refer to the individual product pages for the duration of access to these products. An individual study schedule reduces cognitive workload and helps you become a more effective learner by automatically guiding the learning and review process. The mobile app offers a seamless learning experience between your smartphone and the web with your memory profile maintained and managed in the cloud. UNIQUE! Your memory strength is profiled at the course, chapter, and item level to identify personal learning and forgetting patterns. UNIQUE! Material is re-presented just before you would naturally forget it to counteract memory decay. A personalized learning pathway is established based on your learning profile, memory map, and time required to demonstrate information mastery. The comprehensive student dashboard allows you to view your personal learning progress.

Download or read book Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Cancer Pain Management written by Letitia Blyden and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pain has been documented as a significant problem for patients suffering with cancer. The purpose of this study was to investigate evidence that suggests nursing knowledge and attitudes are the compounding factors that influence how effectively pain is managed. A survey of 29 registered nurses from a teaching hospital in the greater New York Metropolitan area was conducted to determine nursing knowledge and attitudes toward cancer pain management. Data were collected using a demographic questionnaire and the Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management survey was utilized (Myers, 1985). Results revealed that the nurses in this study had a mean knowledge score of 13.93 out of a possible score of 20. The attitude portion of the survey score, were, 32.17 out of a possible score of 15-75. Both knowledge and attitude showed no positive correlation between nursing knowledge and attitudes toward cancer pain management. The current study reaffirmed the findings of previous studies, which, indicated that many nurses maintain a deficient knowledge of pain assessment intervention. The research design utilized was a non-experimental descriptive study. Imogene King's Theory for Nursing, which was employed as the theoretical framework to accumulate subsequent knowledge and better understand why nurses are not attaining the goal of pain management. Overall scores in this study on knowledge and attitude were much lower, compared to scores obtained by Myers in her study, even though the sample size used by this researcher was smaller. Recommendations include that further education is needed for nurses to increase knowledge about the patient suffering from cancer pain, and management needed to provide an optimal level of comfort for the patients in need of care.

Download or read book Pain Management in Nursing Practice written by Shelagh Wright and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2014-12-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pain is a challenging area to understand for any healthcare professional, and quality training on the subject is required if nurses are to provide effective pain management and person-centred care. Based on the curriculum developed by the International Association for the Study of Pain, this book offers an essential guide to managing pain. Beginning with an examination of the biology of pain, it then goes on to consider pain management across the life course, looking at key topics including acute pain, cancer pain and pharmacology. Case scenarios are included throughout the book to help readers apply the knowledge they have learned to their own practice. This book is aimed primarily at meeting the learning needs of undergraduate nurses, and is essential reading for all healthcare professionals studying pain. The text will be helpful as a basic foundation for more advanced postgraduate courses in pain management in nursing practice.

Download or read book Differences in Physicians and Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes about Pain Management written by Rose Anne Campbell and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Knowledge and Attitudes of Registered Nurses Toward Pain written by Kelly Lumley-Leger and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research provided relevant data to support pain research literature that finds nurses do not have the knowledge base that they require to sufficiently provide effective pain management. The data demonstrated that nurses have mixed attitudes toward pain. These two findings have been observed in the literature for more than 20 years, but were important results for the hospitals and the nurses involved in the study. The purposes of this study were to identify the level of knowledge and attitudes in a sample of nurses fi-om the surgical and medical units in three hospitals, and determine whether a difference between these two groups existed. The institutional resources to support pain relief practices provided by each hospital were also documented. Data were collected using a convenience sample from the medical and surgical units of three hospitals. Ofthe 1 13 nurses who volunteered to participate, 78 worked in surgical units and 35 worked in medical units. Demographic data were collected about the participants. The established instruments used to obtain data about knowledge and attitude included: (a) Nurses Knowledge of Pain Issues Survey, (b)Attitude to Pain Control Scale, and (c) Andrew and Robert Vignette. Data collected were quantitative along with two open-ended questions for a rich, qualitative section. Inadequate knowledge and outdated attitudes were very evident in the responses. Data from the open-ended questions described how nurses assessed pain and the most conmion problems caring for patients in pain. Nursing practice implications for these hospitals involve initiating a process to develop an educational pain program for nurses throughout the hospital. Utilizing findings from other studies, the program should have an interdisciplinary approach to the planning, implementation, evaluation, and ongoing support. This study supports the belief that inadequate pain management has been attributed to many factors, most importantly to a lack of knowledge. Pain is a costly, unnecessary complication for the patient as well as the hospital. It follows then, that it is in the best interest of all involved to implement an educational pain program in order to influence practice.

Download or read book Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient written by Richard W. Rosenquist and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronic Pain Management for the Hospitalized Patient equips clinicians to provide safe and effective management of hospitalized patients with co-existing chronic pain. It provides a comprehensive practical guide to pain physiology, opioid and non-opioid management, pain prevention strategies, special considerations for disease states, surgical conditions, and special populations.

Download or read book Nursing Students Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain and Pain Management written by Ruth L. Schaffler and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pain is a universal human experience and is a primary reason people seek health care; however, undertreatment of pain has been reported in the literature as a significant clinical problem for more than three decades. Researchers have concluded that nurses have inadequate knowledge of pain assessment, are misinformed about opioids, and have inappropriate attitudes about pain and pain management that lead to the undertreatment of pain. One question is whether those misconceptions are acquired in nursing school or whether they are present when students enroll in nursing programs. The purpose of this quasi-experimental study was to examine the attitudes regarding pain and pain management among entry-level nursing students. Eighty-nine nursing students were recruited from two baccalaureate nursing programs and divided into control and experimental groups. An educational intervention relating to pain was provided to students in the experimental group. Ajzen's (1991) Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) served as the theoretical framework to measure attitudes about pain and to predict whether nursing students would administer opioid analgesics to patients experiencing pain. The survey instruments consisted of the Pain Survey and the Pain Management Survey developed by Edwards et al. (2001). Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze and compare pretest and posttest data. Results indicated that students have misconceptions about pain and the administration of opioid analgesics similar to the general population. However, overall attitudes toward pain and pain management were positive. The TPB constructs accurately predicted nursing students' intentions to administer opioid analgesia to patients experiencing pain.

Download or read book A Descriptive Study of Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Principles of Pain Management written by Judy J. Sibilrud and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Knowledge and Attitudes of Nurses Toward Pain Management written by Penny Lingerfelt Hennessee and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The under-treatment of pain is a problematic area for hospitalized patients nationwide. Pain diminishes a person's quality of life and this issue can be of great concern to healthcare personnel. The purpose of this study was to explore nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain and pain management. Fifty nurses from various practice areas participated in the survey that included a demographic data form and the Knowledge and Attitudes Regarding Pain Management questionnaire. A literature review was conducted to review and explore nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain and pain management. This provided empirical evidence of nurses' assessment and documentation behaviors, potential knowledge and attitude deficits, assessed the effectiveness of pain intervention, and provided evidence of personal and systematic barriers to effective pain management. Patricia Benner's Novice to Expert Model provided the framework for the study. The investigator used a quantitative approach of descriptive research, and a correlational study design to examine relationship among the demographic data and the actual knowledge of registered nurses who practice in a variety of acute care settings. The Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), version 18 was utilized for data analysis. The results of the study indicated that there are deficits in nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain and pain management. Specifically, knowledge deficits were seen in analgesic dosing, analgesic ceiling dose of opioids and discerning addiction from tolerance and physical dependence. Strengths were indicated in physiology and planning.

Download or read book Pain Management in Older Adults written by Gisèle Pickering and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-18 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses relevant issues to enhance pain management nurses need to advocate for effective pain treatment in the elderly. Significant changes in the evolving nursing and healthcare environment require adequate information on this topic, as pain is a very challenging area. As other care professionals, nurses are daily confronted with issues on pain assessment and management. This volume offers an overview within an evolving health environment, in which nurses dealing with pain play a growing role. It showcases best practices in pain assessment and management, details non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments. It also addresses core issues defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), such as knowledge translation, that are most relevant for clinical nurses, student nurses, nurse researchers as well as other care professionals.

Download or read book Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain Management in Cancer Patients written by Jamie S. Meyers and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nursing Knowledge and Pain Management written by Shana Stickrath and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use of tools, training and education for nurses in the hospitalized setting can provide the knowledge needed to deliver adequate pain management of patients as an alternative to not having any education, training or tools. Research supports the need for further education regarding proper pain management for hospitalized patients however; nurses are still not educated appropriately and therefore provide suboptimal pain relief for their patients. Based on the evidence-based research, the use of education and training prepares nurses to assess, treat, evaluate and document their patients' pain and provide better outcomes for their patients. Education programs significantly improve nurses' knowledge and attitudes to patient experience of pain. One study completed by McNamara, Harmon and Saunders (2012), supports that education programs improve nurses' understanding and skills regarding pain management. This proposal will include a problem statement that describes the issue in further depth. It will also discuss an implementation plan for the integration of training, education and guidelines for nurses in order to manage their patients experiencing pain. This proposal will contain an incorporated theory describing how nursing theory supports this plan. In addition, it will contain an evaluation and dissemination plan as well as a review of literature to support the proposed change.

Download or read book Evaluating Knowledge and Attitudes of Graduate Nursing Students Regarding Pain written by Eric Bartholomew Jackson and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ABSTRACT Insufficient pain management continues to be problematic for hospitalized patients throughout the country. It significantly interferes with a person's quality of life making it an issue of great concern to nurses in any setting. However, nurses do not do a good job of managing pain. The purpose of this evaluation was to assess graduate nursing students' knowledge and attitudes toward pain management. Forty (n=40) graduate nursing students were asked to participate in the evaluation. All students agreed and completed the Demographic Data Form, Nurses Attitude Survey and the Pain Management and Principles Assessment. Thirty-eight females and two males participated in this study. The mean age was 35 years old (SD=9.77) with a range between 24 and 62. The majority of the participants were Non-Hispanic white (70%), followed by African American (10%), Hispanic (10%), Asian and others. The mean years of nursing experience was 10 years with a standard deviation 7.31. The data showed that nursing students demonstrated inadequate knowledge regarding pain management. The mean score on the PMPAT was 66% (SD= 3.61). The mean score on the Nurse Attitude Survey was 77 (SD=5.8) on a survey with scores that could range from 25 to 100. The higher the score the more favorable that nurse is towards pain management. The scores ranged from 69 to 91. Knowledge and attitude scores had room for improvement, suggesting that the curriculum of the college could be improved. In addition, continuing education courses could be developed to support nurses' knowledge of pain management.

Download or read book An Assessment of Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Toward End of Life Care Pain Management written by Amy Pritchard Davis and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study was completed to help determine if nurses had a true understanding of how to provide pain management to patients in their care who were at the end of their life. A review of literature was completed and it revealed that nurses have a fear of opioid overdose and respiratory depression in their patients when providing pain management. It also revealed that patients have a fear of dying in pain at the end of their life especially if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The study also revealed that when patients die in pain it actually impedes quality of life and that there are too many patients that are still dying in pain. The conceptual framework that guided this study was Betty Neuman's Healthcare Systems Model on how stressors can have a direct impact on pain management. Statistical analysis was completed from the sample size of 26 participants and revealed that while nurses showed knowledge on pain management, more knowledge and education was needed in knowing how to document the patient's pain accurately and administer accordingly. There is still evidence that shows patients are dying in pain and are undertreated for pain. Surveys of nurses have revealed knowledge deficits in these areas that are thought to contribute to under treatment of pain. As nurses and patient advocates, this is where an intervention needs to be made. No patient deserves to die in pain when there are plenty of opioid or non-opioid medications from which to choose that will help alleviate the symptoms and discomfort.