Pain management: a nursing priority?

Abstract

■ Literature suggests that nurses do not prioritise 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.

Keywords

Nurses' perceptions Paediatric pain Pain management Training needs.

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