Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Pain: Personal and Professional Characteristics and Patient Reported Pain Satisfaction
| Autor: | Carla Mohr, Susan Finn, Jeannine M. Brant, Estella Wilmarth, Nicholas C. Coombs |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Male Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice medicine.medical_specialty Northwestern United States Attitude of Health Personnel Nurses knowledge MEDLINE Nurses Pain Certification 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Patient satisfaction Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Health care Humans Pain Management Medicine Prospective Studies 030212 general & internal medicine Prospective cohort study Advanced and Specialized Nursing 030504 nursing business.industry Middle Aged Correlational study Patient Satisfaction Family medicine Ambulatory Female Clinical Competence 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Pain Management Nursing. 18:214-223 |
| ISSN: | 1524-9042 |
| Popis: | Pain is a nursing sensitive indicator and yet pain is often not well managed in both hospital and ambulatory settings. Improving nurse knowledge and attitudes about pain may translate to improved patient outcomes. The objective of this study was to investigate knowledge and attitudes about pain (KAP) in nurses who work in diverse settings, professional and personal characteristics that predict KAP, and whether KAP correlated with patient satisfaction according to Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers (HCAHPS). Descriptive, cross-sectional, correlational study. A large integrated health care facility in the northwest. A total of 217 registered nurses working in acute, ambulatory, and long-term care. A Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Survey was administered to registered nurses in diverse settings. Scores were examined for personal and professional predictors of KAP and correlated with HCAHPS patient satisfaction surveys. Nurses scored an average of 72%; nurses in long-term care scored the highest. Having more than 5 years of nursing experience, being a certified nurse, and receiving pain education in the last year were predictive of a higher score on the KAP survey, which explained only 9.8% of the variance. Unit mean KAP scores were highly correlated with unit-based HCAHPS scores (r = 0.917, p = .01). Certified nurses scored higher on the KAP survey, consistent with other studies. This study suggests that having more knowledge and better attitudes about pain may improve patient satisfaction of pain. Further studies are needed that link knowledge and attitudes about pain to patient outcomes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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