Nursing students and nurses' knowledge and attitudes regarding children's pain: A comparative cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Nurses encounter children who report of pain of diverse and unknown causes in their professional work. The current study therefore assessed and compared nursing students and nurses' knowledge and attitudes pertaining to children's pain in the Ghanaian context. The goal of this was to have a baseline information to guide the development and implementation of the content for a sustainable educational programme (short-course) for nursing students and nurses in Ghana.

Methods

Between October and December 2018, a cross-sectional study was carried out among 554 final year nursing students and 65 nurses in Ghana. The Pediatric Nurses Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (PNKAS) was used to collect data from participants who were affiliated to four educational

SUBMITTER: Kusi Amponsah A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6786626 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature