Kazakhstani nurses’ knowledge of pain assessment and management in intensive care unit
Azhigul, Aidana (2020)
Azhigul, Aidana
2020
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2020082519858
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Background: Understanding pain and knowing how to treat it is an important part of nursing care. Pain requires a regular and reliable assessment for proper treatment. In intensive care units, patients experience critical illnesses and diagnostic and therapeutic interventions. Patients on mechanical ventilation cannot talk about their pain, and therefore, nurses have an important role in the effective assessment and treatment of their pain.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore Kazakhstani nurses’ knowledge of pain assessment and management in the intensive care unit environment in order to improve the quality of care and pain management.
Methods: This quantitative research was conducted by using a Webropol online survey. The KASRP tool was used for data collection. The sample consisted of 115 nurses. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 26 and descriptive statistics.
Results: The results show that the level of knowledge about pain assessment is low. Nurses' correct responses to pain assessment questions were only 13.9% and 7.8%. Also, 87% of nurses did not know the usual duration of pain relief, 65.2% of nurses used placebo for pain relief, and 90.4% of the respondents mistakenly believed that patients cannot sleep when they are in severe pain.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed a significant lack of knowledge of Kazakhstani intensive care nurses in assessing and managing pain. This low outcome rate may be due to the fact that the nurses interviewed never attended long‐term training courses in pain assessment and management. To ensure quality nursing care, intensive care nurses need to be able to assess and manage pain. Further efforts are needed in health care organizations, such as a quality improvement program, which may include various strategies aimed at increasing knowledge and improving pain management practices.
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore Kazakhstani nurses’ knowledge of pain assessment and management in the intensive care unit environment in order to improve the quality of care and pain management.
Methods: This quantitative research was conducted by using a Webropol online survey. The KASRP tool was used for data collection. The sample consisted of 115 nurses. The data were analyzed by using SPSS 26 and descriptive statistics.
Results: The results show that the level of knowledge about pain assessment is low. Nurses' correct responses to pain assessment questions were only 13.9% and 7.8%. Also, 87% of nurses did not know the usual duration of pain relief, 65.2% of nurses used placebo for pain relief, and 90.4% of the respondents mistakenly believed that patients cannot sleep when they are in severe pain.
Conclusion: The results of this study showed a significant lack of knowledge of Kazakhstani intensive care nurses in assessing and managing pain. This low outcome rate may be due to the fact that the nurses interviewed never attended long‐term training courses in pain assessment and management. To ensure quality nursing care, intensive care nurses need to be able to assess and manage pain. Further efforts are needed in health care organizations, such as a quality improvement program, which may include various strategies aimed at increasing knowledge and improving pain management practices.