회복실 간호사의 수술 후 통증관련 지식, 태도, 간호수행과의 관계

The Relationship of Recovery Room Nurses Knowledge, Attitude and Nursing Performance about Postoperative Pain Management

Purpose: This study conducted to identify the relationship of recovery room nurses knowledge, attitude and nursing performance about postoperative pain management for effective pain management. Methods: Data were collected from 113 recovery room nurses in D. Metropolitan City, using self-administered questionnaires. Data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, and Pearson s correlation coefficient with SPSS/WIN version 18.0. Results: The average scores of nurses knowledge on pain management, analgesics, classification of analgesics were 10.53/15, 7.10/10, 7.33/9, respectively. The average scores of nurses attitudes and performance were 11.23/12 and 2.92/4, respectively. Nurses knowledge on pain management was significantly correlated with nurses attitude and nurses’ knowledge on analgesics, but not with nursing performance on pain management. There was no correlation between nurses attitude and nursing performance on pain management. Conclusion: Therefore, it is necessary to develop educational programs to improve knowledge and nursing performance on pain management for recovery room nurses. Further research should be done to identify key factors that improve nursing performance.