Knowledge and approaches of nurses about pain related interventions

WOS: 000458742100018Purpose: This study was conducted to determine the knowledge of nursing interventions and the concept of pain in painful patients. Materials and Methods: The descriptive study consisted of 900 nurses working in an education and research hospital and 100 nurses in the sample. The data of the study were collected using the questionnaire prepared by the researchers and questioned about the occupational and socio-demographic characteristics of the nurses and the knowledge and applications of the pain. Results: 57.0% of the nurses had chronic pain experience, 81.0% had education about the concept of pain in their undergraduate education, 65.0% did not receive in-service training related to pain and 84% did not follow any pain related publications. 41.0% of the nurses stated that often and always encountered with patients who complaints pain, 62.0% did pain diagnosis in the clinic where they were studying, and 65% did not use the pain diagnostic form, 74.0% used pharmacologic methods for pain control, 69.0% were asked whether the pain of the patient had passed after using the pain control method, 53.0% of the nurses pain diagnosis assessed by the patients and their relatives by verbal expressions, and 70.0% had knowledge of nonpharmacological methods. Conclusion: Most of the nurses made pain diagnosis, but but they did not use any pain diagnosis form in pain diagnosis. They need for information for physiological indicators of pain and factors that affect patients' pain response and about the use of placebo