�Managing children's pain is a crucial role for nurses, however there experience been at odds studies around nurses' pain assessment and treatment responses.
In the July-August 2008 issue of Pediatric Nursing, Ruth A. Griffin and co-authors report results from a national survey of nurses that explored how nurses rated children's painfulness levels and how a good deal analgesia they would recommend.
To hold results, the researcher mailed questionnaires to 700 RNs, with 334 responding. The survey presented three cases and asked the nurses how they would rate each child's pain level, the pane of medication they would recommend and if they would use any nonpharmacologic pain relief methods (external respiration, distraction with music or toys, etc.). The researchers also considered the nurses' backgrounds, such as tier of education, clinical experience and personal experience with intense hurting.
The to the highest degree important finding, according to the authors, was that the nurses evaluated children's pain at the same high levels at which the children reported it. In increase, there was no link between the nurses' backgrounds and the pain treatments they chose. The authors note that the results contrast with previous studies, perhaps because "this study relied on a more representative national sample of nurses than in before work." They recommend continued research because "much clay to be learned about pain management decision made by nurses and other providers."
"Nurse Characteristics and Inferences About Children's Pain"
Ruth A. Griffin, RN; Denise F. Polit, PhD; and Mary W. Byrne, PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN
Pediatric Nursing, July-August 2008
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