Saudi Journal of Nursing and Health Care (SJNHC)
Volume-1 | Issue-03 | 178-183
Original Research Article
Knowledge of Nurses Regarding Pain Management at Public Tertiary Care Hospital Lahore
Muqadas Niaz, Ms. Farzana Begum, Afsar Ali, Tamseela Kousar
Published : July 30, 2018
Abstract
The main purpose of this study was, to assess the knowledge of nurses
regarding pain management at Jinnah Hospital Lahore. A cross sectional descriptive
survey was performed to assess the knowledge of pain management among nurses. A
convenient sample of n=170 was used to collect the information. The main instrument for
Information was a structured questionnaire. A structured questionnaire with demographic
variables and causes variables was applied. The data was analyzed on SPSS version 21.
The results showed that there is positive response of the respondent mean that nurses
know about pain management. The result shows that if there is enough knowledge of the
nurses about pain management they will increase patient comfort ability and decrease
stress which is due to pain. And suggest that nurses administration must be develop the
different strategies to create good strategies to enhance nurses‟ knowledge about pain
management.