Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and practice of pediatric critical care nurses towards pain: Survey in a developing country setting
Author(s) -
Preethy J Mathew,
JosephL Mathew,
Sunit Singhi
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/0022-3859.85203
Subject(s) - medicine , modalities , pediatric nursing , nursing , distraction , pain assessment , descriptive statistics , developing country , medline , pain management , family medicine , physical therapy , social science , statistics , economics , biology , mathematics , neuroscience , sociology , economic growth , political science , law
Nurses' knowledge, sensitivity and attitudes about pain in children and its management affect their response and therefore management of pediatric pain. Children in critical care units undergo more painful procedures than those in general wards.