Assessing an Educational Program to Improve Documentation and Reduce Pain in Hospitalized Patients
dc.contributor.author | Karlsen, Nina | |
dc.contributor.author | Kornmo, Ragnhild Haaland | |
dc.contributor.author | Dihle, Alfhild | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-04-24T11:18:47Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-04-24T11:18:47Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2015 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2162-5336 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/282431 | |
dc.description.abstract | Few experimental studies have evaluated the efficacy of continuing educational programs aimed at the improvement of nurses’ pain-management skills. This study assessed whether a standardized educational program aimed at nurses could increase the use of the Numeric Rating Scale-11 in both documenting and reducing postoperative pain-intensity levels in hospitalized surgical patients. The study had a quasi-experimental pre- and post-intervention design. Data were collected from records of surgical patients prior to and after the standardized educational program was completed. There were no significant differences between pre- and post-intervention groups in terms of either pain-documentation frequency or pain-intensity level. The study showed no increase in the frequency of postoperative pain documentation and no reduction of surgical patients’ postoperative pain-intensity level. This finding indicates that the standardized educational program on postoperative pain management was insufficient to bring about changes in clinical practice. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | Scientific Research | nb_NO |
dc.subject | educational program | nb_NO |
dc.subject | documentation | nb_NO |
dc.subject | numeric rating scale | nb_NO |
dc.subject | pain assessment | nb_NO |
dc.subject | postoperative pain | nb_NO |
dc.title | Assessing an Educational Program to Improve Documentation and Reduce Pain in Hospitalized Patients | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | s. 361-369 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 5 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Open journal of nursing | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 4 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.4236/ojn.2015.54039 |
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