Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines)
Sayed, S., Abo Zead, S., Ayoub, M., Desouky, A. (2019). Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines). EKB Journal Management System, 7(16), 157-165. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61534
Seham Mohamed Sayed; Shalabia El-Sayed Abo Zead; Mahmoud Thabet Ayoub; Amna Abdullah Desouky. "Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines)". EKB Journal Management System, 7, 16, 2019, 157-165. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61534
Sayed, S., Abo Zead, S., Ayoub, M., Desouky, A. (2019). 'Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines)', EKB Journal Management System, 7(16), pp. 157-165. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61534
Sayed, S., Abo Zead, S., Ayoub, M., Desouky, A. Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines). EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 7(16): 157-165. doi: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61534

Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines)

Assiut Scientific Nursing Journal
Article 18, Volume 7, Issue 16, March 2019, Pages 157-165    PDF (919.15 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/asnj.2019.61534
Authors
Seham Mohamed Sayed1; Shalabia El-Sayed Abo Zead2; Mahmoud Thabet Ayoub3; Amna Abdullah Desouky4
1B.SC. Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
2Professor, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
3Lecturer of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt
4Lecturer, Medical-Surgical Nursing Department, Faculty of Nursing, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt.
Abstract
Background: Pain considers a typical sign for every patient before & after surgery, nurses have an essential part in pain assessment and its management; therefore, they ought to have a solid foundation toward it. Aims: were to identify nurses’ awareness regarding pain assessment and management and design nursing guidelines regarding pain assessment and management. Research design: descriptive research design was utilized to conduct this study. Setting: The study was conducted in the surgical departments of Assiut University Hospital & Elazhar University Hospital. Sample: Eighty nurses were working in the surgical departments of the above mentioned hospitals. Tools: Interview pain awareness questionnaire. Results: (93.8%) of surgical nurses had poor awareness regarding pain assessment and management. Conclusion: Most of the surgical nurses had poor awareness regarding pain assessment and its management for surgical patients. Recommendation: Nurses need for in-service training programs and refreshing courses to improve their knowledge which will reflect on their practice while working with those patients
Keywords
Awareness; Pain Assessment And Management & Surgical Nurses
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