Knowledge and Attitude towards Pain Management among Nurses Working at University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia
Table 3
Description of attitude items among nurses towards pain management, University of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 387).
Questions
Categories
Frequency
Percent (%)
Do you think that lack of pain expression does not mean lack of pain?
Strongly disagree
26
6.7
Disagree
67
17.3
Neutral
38
9.8
Agree
144
37.2
Strongly agree
112
28.9
Do you believe giving narcotics on a regular schedule is preferred over PRN schedule for continues pain?
Strongly disagree
38
9.8
Disagree
59
15.2
Neutral
52
13.4
Agree
144
37.2
Strongly agree
94
24.3
When a patient requests increasing amounts of analgesics to control pain, do you think that this usually indicates that the patient is psychologically dependent?
Strongly disagree
12
3.1
Disagree
37
9.6
Neutral
45
11.6
Agree
164
42.4
Strongly agree
129
33.3
Do you think a patient should experience discomfort prior to giving the next dose of pain medication?
Strongly disagree
11
2.9
Disagree
40
10.3
Neutral
63
16.3
Agree
156
40.3
Strongly agree
117
30.2
Would you believe that patient receiving narcotics on a PRN basis may likely to develop clock-watching behaviors?
Strongly disagree
14
3.7
Disagree
45
11.6
Neutral
73
18.9
Agree
159
41.1
Strongly agree
96
24.8
Do you think that the most accurate judge of the intensity of the patient’s pain is the patient him/herself?
Strongly disagree
9
2.4
Disagree
25
6.5
Neutral
64
16.5
Agree
152
39.3
Strongly agree
137
35.4
When a patient in pain is receiving analgesic medication on a PRN basis, should it be appropriate for the patient to request pain medications before the pain returns?
Strongly disagree
20
5.2
Disagree
40
10.3
Neutral
63
16.3
Agree
165
42.6
Strongly agree
99
25.6
Would you believe that as narcotics can cause respiratory depression, they should not be used in pediatric patients?
Strongly disagree
26
6.8
Disagree
41
10.6
Neutral
82
21.2
Agree
137
35.4
Strongly agree
101
26.1
Do you agree that children cry all the time; therefore, diversional activities are indicated rather than actual pain?
Strongly disagree
15
3.9
Disagree
40
10.3
Neutral
70
18.1
Agree
162
41.9
Strongly agree
100
25.8
Do you agree for that the most suitable dose of morphine for a patient in pain is a dose that best controls the symptoms; there is no maximum dose (i.e. a level that must not be)?
Strongly disagree
13
3.4
Disagree
44
11.4
Neutral
65
16.8
Agree
157
40.6
Strongly agree
108
27.9
If the cause of patient’s pain is not known, opioid analgesics should not be given during pain management
Strongly disagree
11
2.9
Disagree
48
12.4
Neutral
65
16.8
Agree
166
42.9
Strongly agree
97
25.1
For effective pain treatment of cancer pain do you think that it is necessary to continuously assess the pain and the efficacy of therapy?
Strongly disagree
8
2.1
Disagree
26
6.7
Neutral
45
11.6
Agree
175
45.2
Strongly agree
133
34.4
Do you agree that it is the patient’s right to expect total pain relief as a consequence of treatment?
