Assessment Of Postoperative Paediatrics Pain Management Practice Of Nurses In Government Hospitals Of Addis Ababa

Background: Pain in children is often overlooked mainly due to their inability to communicaternrightly their feelings to the caregivers. Postoperative pain is one of the pains which children sufferrndue to various reasons but not limited to poor health practices or lack of knowledge on thernconsequences by nurses and other health care professionals. The causes and effects associatedrnwith knowledge and attitude in post-operative pain management of children in Ethiopia isrninadequately addressed and not well documented.rnObjective: To assess post-operative paediatrics pain management practice of nurses inrngovernment hospitals of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2015.rnMethods: Institutional based quantitative cross-sectional study design was implemented fromrnApril to May 2015 .The study population were selected from four governmental public hospitalsrnwith a sample size of 210 nurses. Data was collected using structured self-administered,rnquestionnaire. After analysis frequency and percentages were used to summarize the finding andrnsignificance of determinant factors were tested using Logistic regression and Odds Ratio & P

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