Pain management: a nursing priority?
Literature suggests that nurses do not prioritise pain management.
This study aimed to determine the importance paediatric nurses give to pain management and whether they report a need for further training.
Paediatric nurses completed a training needs analysis questionnaire.
Analysis demonstrates that nurses do not give pain management as high a priority as many of the other aspects of their role.
Educational deficits about some areas of pain management were identified.
Educational provision about pain needs re- evaluating at both the pre- and post- registration level.
Key Words: Nurses' perceptions Paediatric pain Pain management Training needs.
Journal of Child Health Care, Vol. 3, No. 3,
19-25 (1999)
DOI: 10.1177/136749359900300304

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