Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Cancer Pain Management Among Nurses at Oncology Units

Nurses have major responsibilities to treat cancer pain in an optimal way. Their knowledge and attitudes are the key to success cancer pain management (CPM) process and impact the outcomes of pain treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes toward CPM among Jordanian nurses w...

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Published in:Journal of cancer education 2019-02, Vol.34 (1), p.186-193
Main Authors: Alnajar, Malek Khalel, Darawad, Muhammad W., Alshahwan, Sandi Sami, Samarkandi, Osama A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Administrative Organization
Adult
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer
Cancer Research
Cross-Sectional Studies
Female
Guidelines
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Knowledge
Male
Middle Aged
Negative Attitudes
Neoplasms - complications
Neoplasms - nursing
Nurses
Nursing Staff, Hospital - education
Nursing Staff, Hospital - psychology
Oncology
Pain
Pain - etiology
Pain - nursing
Pain - prevention & control
Pain management
Pain Management - nursing
Pain Management - psychology
Pharmacology/Toxicology
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
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Summary:Nurses have major responsibilities to treat cancer pain in an optimal way. Their knowledge and attitudes are the key to success cancer pain management (CPM) process and impact the outcomes of pain treatment. This study aimed to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes toward CPM among Jordanian nurses working at oncology units. A cross-sectional descriptive design was used to collect data from 135 nurses who were working at four oncology units using Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain. The percentage of correct answers was 51.5% indicating that participants had fair knowledge and attitudes toward CPM. Nurses appeared knowledgeable about CPM guidelines but were unfamiliar regarding pharmacological management and had negative attitudes toward opioids addiction and pain assessment. Significantly, knowledge and attitudes were higher among nurses who had previous education programs ( P  
ISSN:0885-8195
1543-0154
DOI:10.1007/s13187-017-1285-5