Postoperative pain management practice and associated factors among nurses working at public hospitals, in Oromia region, Ethiopia, 2021: an institution-based cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Management of postoperative pain leads to positive patient progress and shortens the duration of hospital stay. There is a lack of information on nurse's postoperative pain management practice and its associated factors.

Objective

To assess postoperative pain management practice and associated factors among nurses working in public hospitals of West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2021.

Design

An institutional-based cross-sectional study was employed.

Setting

Study was conducted among eight public hospitals (two tertiary hospitals and six secondary hospitals), which were located in West Shoa Zone in Oromia, Ethiopia.

Participants

Totally 377 participants were selected by using simple random sampling. From this, 277 were men and 100 participants w

SUBMITTER: Amena N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11551978 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature