EVALUATING EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EDUCATION GIVEN TO NURSING STUDENTS ABOUT PEDIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT: A QUASI-EXPERIMENTAL STUDY

Abstract

The study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of education given to nursing students on pain management in pediatric patients. A single group pretest-posttest quasi-experimental research was conducted with 98 students in the nursing department of a university in 2022. Data were collected using the Student Socio-demographic Information Form and the Pediatric Pain Management Scale for Nursing Students. An online education program with active educational methods was applied to the students, and their pediatric pain management levels were evaluated before and after the education. Of the students, 78.6% were female and the total mean age was 21.49±2.5 years. A statistically significant difference was found between the median scores of the Pediatric Pain Management Scale and its sub-dimensions before and after the education (p<0.05). Students’ median scale score before the education was 99, and 104 after the education. A statistically significant difference was determined between the median scores of all sub-dimensions of the scale before and after the education (p<0.05). The study showed that the pain management education in pediatric patients given to nursing students increased their knowledge level of pain awareness, physiopathology, obstacles in pain management, diagnosis, evaluation, and control of pain management.

Keywords

• Nursing
• pain management
• pediatric pain

Ethical Statement

To carry out the study, ethical approval from the Social and Human Sciences Ethics Committee of a university and institutional permission from the health sciences faculty were obtained (2022-136). Informed consent was written at the beginning of the Google forms to be sent to the students and their consent was obtained.

Thanks

The authors would like to acknowledge students for participating of this study.

HEMŞİRELİK ÖĞRENCİLERİNE VERİLEN ÇOCUK HASTALARDA AĞRI YÖNETİMİ EĞİTİMİNİN DEĞERLENDİRİLMESİ: YARI DENEYSEL BİR ARAŞTIRMA

Abstract

Çalışmanın amacı, hemşirelik öğrencilerine ‘Çocuk Hastalarda Ağrı Yönetimi’ konusunda verilen eğitimin etkinliğini araştırmaktır. Tek grup ön test-son test yarı deneysel tasarımlı araştırma Mart- Haziran 2022 tarihinde bir üniversitenin hemşirelik bölümünde 98 öğrenci ile gerçekleştirilmiştir. Araştırma verileri 'Öğrenci Sosyo-demografik Bilgi Formu' ve 'Hemşirelik Öğrencileri İçin Pediatrik Ağrı Yönetimi Ölçeği' ile toplanmıştır. Öğrencilere çocuk hastalarda ağrı yönetimi konusunda çevrimiçi eğitim programı uygulanmış olup, eğitim öncesi ve eğitim sonrası pediatrik ağrı yönetim düzeyleri değerlendirilmiştir. Öğrencilerin %78.6’sı kadın, yaş ortalaması 21.49±2.5’tir. Öğrencilerin eğitim öncesi Pediatrik Ağrı Yönetimi Ölçeği ortanca puanı 99, eğitim sonrası 104’tür. Öğrencilerin eğitim öncesi ve eğitim sonrası Pediatrik Ağrı Yönetimi Ölçeği ve alt boyutları puan ortancaları arasında istatistiksel olarak anlamlı bir fark saptanmıştır (p<0.05). Çocuk hastalarda ağrı yönetimi konusunda verilen eğitim programının, hemşirelik öğrencilerini ağrı farkındalığı, fizyopatolojisi, ağrı yönetiminde engeller, tanılama, değerlendirme ve kontrolü konularında bilgi düzeyini arttırdığı belirlenmiştir.

Keywords

• Hemşirelik
• ağrı yönetimi
• pediatrik ağrı

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