Improving Nursing Home Staff Knowledge and Attitudes About Pain

Improving nursing home staff knowledge and attitudes about pain.

PURPOSE Effective pain management remains a serious problem in the nursing home setting. Barriers to achieving optimal pain practices include staff knowledge deficits, biases, and attitudes that influence assessment and management of the residents' pain. DESIGN AND METHODS Twelve nursing homes participated in this intervention study: six treatment homes and six control homes, divided evenly b...

Nursing home staff members' attitudes and knowledge about urinary incontinence: the impact of technology and training.

Urinary incontinence (UI) poses challenges for nursing home personnel. The authors of this study explored differences in attitude and knowledge about UI among registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and certified nursing assistants working in skilled nursing homes before and after study interventions.

Nursing Knowledge and Attitudes toward Pain Management

Nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain assessment for people with dementia in a nursing home setting.

AIM The aim of this study was to determine nurses' knowledge and attitudes towards pain assessment for people with dementia in a nursing home setting. BACKGROUND Pain is highly prevalent among older people, yet is often under-recognised and undertreated in people with dementia. People with dementia can lose the ability to report pain and it is the role of the nurse to identify and appropriate...

Improving Pain Management at the Nursing Education Level: Evaluating Knowledge and Attitudes

Unmanaged pain is a prevalent problem faced by many cancer patients. One part of this problem centers on a lack of emphasis on pain management in the undergraduate nursing curriculum. This study examined the knowledge and attitudes of 41 undergraduate nursing students regarding pain management. Students voluntarily completed a demographic data form, the Nurses' Attitude Survey, and the Pain Man...