The investigation on pain management competency of nurses in the secondary hospital of Ningxia
Abstract：Objective:To understand the nurses’knowledge and skills on pain management in a county hospital. Methods:To survey a convenience sampling on 126 nurses in Yanchi Country People’s Hospital using the Nur-ses’Knowledge and Attitude Questionnaire (KASRP).Results:Nurses’knowledge on pain management was poor.There was difference between pain management attitude and clinical practice among the nurses in the cur-rent hospital.The knowledge deficiency in pharmacology and physiology about pain was particularly lacking a-mong nursing staffs,who received limited education and training for pain related knowledge.Conclusion:It is urgent to carry out various forms of training in pain management knowledge and skills in order to strengthen the basics of pain pharmacology and other basics knowledge of nursing staff,and strengthen the basic knowledge on pain management and improve their ability on pain assessment in primary hospitals.Eventually,to fulfill the objective of providing good pain management services for patients.
Keywords：nursing staffpain managementcounty hospitalcognition
Publication Date：2015-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：3( 3104-3106 )