Evaluation of knowledge and attitude of nurses working in special wards regarding pain relief

Background: Pain is among the most common clinical symptoms that nurses face. Pain is one of the most important and most common nursing diagnosis in special care units. Pain relief is the heart of nursing care. This study investigated the knowledge and attitude of nurses working in special wards regarding pain relief. Methods: This systematic review article by searching on Google scholar search engine and databases magiran, Sid, PubMed and iranmedex by keyword Nursing, Pain, Pain Relief, Special Section, Knowledge and Attitude has taken place during 1990 to 2017 took place. In this study, descriptive and analytical articles have been used. Results: The results of various studies showed that nurses 'knowledge was low to moderate and nurses' pain management was not appropriate. The average overall response rate for the poor to moderate knowledge scale was average. Nurses' desire for personal opinion and lack of understanding about pain patients, in lieu of their assessments, are in the selection of drug doses and in order to help manage ineffective pain. Also, in some studies, about half of the nurses believed that less than 1% of the total morphine-borne patients were addicted. There was a significant relationship between level of performance and educational level. Knowledge of pain management with perceived barriers to pain management had a meaningful and negative correlation, but knowledge of pain was not related to the level of nursing education or years of experience. Conclusions: The results of various studies show that the majority of nurses do not have adequate knowledge of pain relief methods and a significant percentage of them have not been involved in pain relief training classes. Therefore, it is suggested that appropriate and practical programs be developed to strengthen pain education and remove barriers to changing the pain management method for all nurses.

Nursing, Pain, Pain Relief, Special Section, Knowledge, Attitude