KNOWLEDGE REGARDING PAIN MANAGEMENT OF CHILDREN AMONG NURSES IN SELECTED HOSPITALS OF BHARATPUR
Poonam Armaja Pun* and Pratima Koirala
ABSTRACT
Pain is one of the most misunderstood, under diagnosed and under treated in children. If left untreated, it can affect different domains of health throughout their lives. Nurses play an important role in assessing and managing pain among children during hospitalization. The objective of this study was to assess the knowledge regarding pain management of children among nurses in selected hospitals of Bharatpur. A descriptive cross sectional research design was used for this study. A total of 91 nurses who were working were selected by non-probability enumerative sampling technique. Structured self-administered questionnaires was used to this study show that mean score for knowledge was 9.53. 46.2% of nurses had adequate knowledge and 53.8% of nurses had inadequate knowledge regarding pain management of children.
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