Effectiveness of educational program on nurses knowledge regarding neonatal pain management

Neonatal period is a period from birth to first  twenty eight days of human  life, pain management in newborns prevent short and long term problems that affect newborns  suffering from untreated pain, there are two methods for newborns pain management pharmacological and non-pharmacological method,  the combination of non-pharmacological approach with other is more effective than single approach.  Method: A quiz-experimental study design was carried out in the Kerbela teaching hospital for children at Holy Karbala City between the periods from 15th of October 2021 to 16th of May 2022. A non-probability (purposive) sample of (50) nurses classified into two groups (25) nurses study group and (25) nurses control group were selected based on the study criteria. The study instrument consists of (11) items of Nurses knowledge related to characteristics of neonatal pain nurses’ knowledge, (11) items of Nurses knowledge related to neonatal pain assessment and (13) items of Nurses knowledge related to neonatal pain management self-reported questionnaire was used. The data were analyzed by using the program of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 22. Both descriptive and inferential statistical analysis approaches were used in order to analyze the results of the study