Sayed, S., Abo Zead, S., Ayoub, M., Desouky, A. (2019). Awareness of Surgical Nurses Regarding Pain Assessment and Management (Suggested Nursing Guidelines). test, 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)". test, 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)', test, 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). test, 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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