Status quo of pain management of surgical nurses and its influencing factors

Chen Jiangxia; Jiang Liping

doi:10.3969/j.issn.1009-6493.2015.015.013

Abstract：Objective:To study the pain management status of surgical nurses and analyze its related influencing factors,so as to provide the references for enhancing clinical pain management level.Methods:A total of 341 ca-ses of surgical nurses in three hospitals in Shaoying city were selected as research obj ects by using stratified cluster sampling,they were evaluated and analyzed on their pain management knowledge,attitude and behavior. Results:The pain management score of surgical nurses was 65.63±7.47,the average score rate was 78.13%which was middle level.There was statistically significant difference in pain management knowledge score a-mong surgical nurses with different qualifications,seniority,j ob title,hospital grade,whether receiving the anal-gesic training or not(P<0.05).There was statistically significant difference in pain management attitude score among surgical nurses who had different seniorities and in different hospital grades(P<0.05).Nurses adopting pain management behavior was related to analgesic training and their personal operation experience(P<0.05). Nurses’pain management knowledge score was positively related to behavior score(P<0.05);attitude score was related to behavior score positively(P<0.01).Conclusion:The education,seniority,job title,hospital grade, whether receiving the analgesic training or not and surgical nurse’personal experience are the influencing fac-tors of pain management of surgical nurses,their pain management behaviors and pain management knowledge are closely related to attitudes.The education and training of pain management knowledge should be strength-ened further and to promote the effective pain management.