• J Child Health Care · Jan 1999

    Pain management: a nursing priority?

    • A Twycross.
    • University of Nottingham, School of Nursing, Queen's Medical Centre, Nottingham. alison.twycross@nottingham.ac.uk
    • J Child Health Care. 1999 Jan 1; 3 (3): 19-25.

    AbstractLiterature suggests that nurses do not prioritize 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.

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