Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study
Table 4
Paediatric pain management practices.
Variable
Frequency (n = 180)
Percent
Use of policy in hospital for paediatric procedural sedation
Yes
25
13.9
No
155
86.1
Use of pain medications/sedation during painful procedure
Yes
16
8.9
No
164
91.1
Observation of side effects of pain medication after giving it to children
Yes
162
90.0
No
18
10.0
Placing of children in comfortable positions to help relieve pain
Yes
172
95.6
No
8
4.4
Use of self-reporting pain scale to assess children’s pain
Yes
140
77.8
No
40
22.2
Use of behavioral pain scale to assess children’s pain
Yes
141
78.3
No
39
21.7
Use of several techniques to distract children from pain
Yes
160
88.9
No
20
11.1
Reassessing children’s pain after given pain medication to evaluate the effectiveness of pain medication
Yes
165
91.7
No
15
8.3
Administration of additional pain medication to relieve pain when needed
Yes
170
94.4
No
10
5.6
Talking to children with a soft voice to comfort them when they are in pain
Yes
165
91.7
No
15
8.3
Asking and helping children to support the painful areas when moving or coughing
