TY - JOUR
T1 - Ghanaian nurses' knowledge of invasive procedural pain and its effect on children, parents and nurses
AU - Anim-Boamah, Oboshie
AU - Aziato, Lydia
AU - Adabayeri, Victoria May
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PY - 2017/9/11
Y1 - 2017/9/11
N2 - AIM: To explore Ghanaian nurses' knowledge of invasive procedural pain in children who are in hospital and to identify the effect of unrelieved pain on children, parents and nurses.METHOD: An exploratory, descriptive and qualitative design was adopted. A purposive sampling technique was used and individual face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 registered nurses from four children's units at a hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Thematic and content analyses were performed.FINDINGS: Four themes emerged: types of invasive procedure; pain expression; pain assessment; and effects of unrelieved pain. Participants had adequate knowledge of painful invasive procedures, however, they were not aware of the range of available validated pain assessment tools, using observations and body language instead to assess pain.CONCLUSION: Ghanaian nurses require education on the use of validated rating scales to assess procedural pain in children. The inclusion of pain assessment and management in pre-registration curricula could improve knowledge.
AB - AIM: To explore Ghanaian nurses' knowledge of invasive procedural pain in children who are in hospital and to identify the effect of unrelieved pain on children, parents and nurses.METHOD: An exploratory, descriptive and qualitative design was adopted. A purposive sampling technique was used and individual face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 16 registered nurses from four children's units at a hospital in the Eastern Region of Ghana. Thematic and content analyses were performed.FINDINGS: Four themes emerged: types of invasive procedure; pain expression; pain assessment; and effects of unrelieved pain. Participants had adequate knowledge of painful invasive procedures, however, they were not aware of the range of available validated pain assessment tools, using observations and body language instead to assess pain.CONCLUSION: Ghanaian nurses require education on the use of validated rating scales to assess procedural pain in children. The inclusion of pain assessment and management in pre-registration curricula could improve knowledge.
KW - child health
KW - education
KW - invasive procedures
KW - nurses’ knowledge
KW - pain
KW - pain assessment
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U2 - 10.7748/ncyp.2017.e795
DO - 10.7748/ncyp.2017.e795
M3 - Article
C2 - 29115759
AN - SCOPUS:85040198969
SN - 2046-2344
VL - 29
SP - 26
EP - 31
JO - Nursing children and young people
JF - Nursing children and young people
IS - 7
ER -