Pain Management Topics of Interest for Nurses in Rural Appalachia
| Autor: | Cathy L, Campbell, Diane E, Boyer, Lisa C, Campbell, Virginia, Rovnyak, Virginia, Rovynak |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Attitude of Health Personnel media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Clinical settings Bachelor Education Young Adult Education Nursing Continuing Nursing medicine Humans Pain Management Young adult General Nursing Aged media_common Appalachian Region business.industry Continuing education Middle Aged Pain management Clinical Practice Health Care Surveys Review and Exam Preparation Family medicine Nursing Staff Rural Health Services business Appalachia |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Continuing Education in Nursing. 43:267-276 |
| ISSN: | 0022-0124 |
| Popis: | BACKGROUND Continuing education for registered nurses is a component of safe, effective pain management in every clinical setting. METHODS Two hundred ninety-one registered nurses from seven counties in rural southwestern Virginia completed a 22-item survey that assessed their interest in pain management topics. RESULTS The mean interest score for all respondents was 4.04 (range = 1 to 5). Mean interest scores did not differ significantly between younger and older respondents (t = 1.034, p = .302) or between clinical settings (t = 0.479, p = .632). The mean interest scores for nurses with an associate's degree in nursing/diploma and those with a bachelor of science in nursing or higher were 4.19 and 3.88, respectively, and the difference was statistically significant (t = 3.535, p < .001). CONCLUSION Nearly 300 registered nurses from communities in the southwestern Virginia area of Appalachia indicated interest in a wide variety of pain management topics. Nurses with at most an associate's degree in nursing/diploma were significantly more interested in pain management education than those with a bachelor of science in nursing or higher degree. The overall interest scores were high, indicating that the respondents found the topics salient to their clinical practice. |
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