Evaluation of Postoperative Pain Management Practices from Senior Nursing Students\' Care Plans

Authors : Gülümser Durgun, Sevilay Erden

Pages : 216-224

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Publication Date : 2024-08-25

Article Type : Research

Abstract :To determine the practices of senior nursing students for pain management. The sample of this descriptive, retrospective study consisted of 108 care plans prepared by senior nursing students in a tertiary care center in 2017-2018 within the scope of Surgical Diseases Nursing clinical practices. Research data were collected from the determined care plans by using the \"Patient Information Form\" and \"Pain Management Application Form for Students\". The form consists of questions answered as yes/no, and the total score was calculated by giving a score of \'1\' for the answer of \"yes\", and \'0\' for the answers that were not specified. Each student\'s score was evaluated out of 100. When the pain management practices and care plan mean scores of the nursing students were evaluated, the nursing students who scored ≥70 were considered successful. Including the patient or family in the pain assessment (100%), describing pain symptoms (100%), using a valid/reliable pain scale (98.1%), severity of pain (98.1%), recording of pain assessment (%) 100) were the apps with the highest success rates. Expressing pain duration (3.7%), transmitting pain management data (1.9%), and diagnosing pain by cause (14%) were the least effective practices. Only 27.8% of the students scored ≥70. It has been seen that the application information scores of students for pain management were low. In undergraduate nursing programs, Pain Management should be discussed through case studies within the framework of acute pain guides and awareness of the students in pain management should be increased.
Keywords : Ağrı Yönetimi, Hemşirelik Bakımı, Hemşirelik Öğrencileri, Hemşirelik Tanısı