A Descriptive Study Nursing Students' Knowledge and Attitudes Pediatric Pain: Where Are We Now?

IF 1.6 4区医学 Q2 NURSING Pain Management Nursing Pub Date : 2025-02-10 DOI:10.1016/j.pmn.2025.01.004

Jo Ann F Cummings, JoChena Dort

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Abstract

Pain management is an ethical responsibility of all professional nurses. Pain is a common symptom experienced in clients across the lifespan.

Purpose: The purpose of this study was to examine nursing students' knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain management.

Design: A retrospective descriptive design.

Methods: Use of the Pediatric Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain Management (PNKAS Shriners Version 2002). The sample comprised of scores from 320 students enrolled in a pediatric course at a private school of nursing in the Northeastern United States.

Results: Findings identified that the rate of correct answers ranged from 21.95% to 97.56%. Results showed a low level of student nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding pediatric pain management.

Conclusions: The results highlight that regardless of the curricular changes that have been made, students continue to struggle with pediatric pain management with emphasis on pain management pharmacology.

Clinical implications: Pediatric pain education needs to be improved in the undergraduate educational curricula. It is important for nursing schools to consider the possibility of integrating pain education in a systematic manner to better prepare students.

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Pain Management Nursing 医学-护理

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3.00

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5.90%

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187

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： This peer-reviewed journal offers a unique focus on the realm of pain management as it applies to nursing. Original and review articles from experts in the field offer key insights in the areas of clinical practice, advocacy, education, administration, and research. Additional features include practice guidelines and pharmacology updates.