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Knowledge, compliance with good clinical practices and barriers to effective control of postoperative pain among nurses from hospitals with and without a “Hospital without Pain” certificate

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  • Lucyna Tomaszek
  • Grażyna Dębska

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Aims and objectives (i) To compare knowledge and compliance with good clinical practices regarding control of postoperative pain among nurses employed at hospitals with and without a “Hospital without Pain” certificate, (ii) to identify the determinants of nurses’ knowledge and (iii) to define barriers to effective control of postoperative pain. Background Only a slight improvement in postoperative pain control has been observed recently, if any. Implementation of good clinical practices in the control of postoperative pain requires involvement of nurses. Design A cross‐sectional study. Methods The study included 257 nurses from hospitals with a “Hospital without Pain” certificate and 243 nurses from noncertified hospitals, with mean job seniority of 17.6 ± 9.6 years. All respondents answered 26 questions regarding postoperative pain control‐related issues. Based on the answers, overall scores were calculated for (i) nurses’ knowledge, (ii) compliance with good clinical practices and (iii) barriers to effective control of postoperative pain. Results Nurses from the certified hospitals presented with significantly higher levels of knowledge and compliance with good clinical practices and identified significantly more barriers to effective control of postoperative pain. Apart from certification of a hospital, better knowledge of postoperative pain control was determined by higher education, participation in postgraduate training programmes and other relevant courses, self‐education from medical journals, employment at paediatric ward or intensive care unit. The most commonly reported barriers to effective control of pain included too low doses of painkillers prescribed by physicians and inability to modify the protocol of pain treatment by the nurse. Conclusions Control of postoperative pain can be improved by enrolling nurses in various forms of continuous training and by providing them with greater autonomy in administering painkillers to surgical patients. Relevance to clinical practice Better quality of care offered to patients with postoperative pain can be achieved by continuous education of nurses and physicians, and greater compliance with relevant good clinical practices.

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  • Lucyna Tomaszek & Grażyna Dębska, 2018. "Knowledge, compliance with good clinical practices and barriers to effective control of postoperative pain among nurses from hospitals with and without a “Hospital without Pain” certificate," Journal of Clinical Nursing, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 27(7-8), pages 1641-1652, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:jocnur:v:27:y:2018:i:7-8:p:1641-1652
    DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14215
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