scholarly journals Determining the postoperative pain management interventions of nursing students

Author(s):  
Seher Ünver ◽  
Zeynep Kızılcık Özkan ◽  
İlker Murat Avcıbaşı ◽  
Figen Babacan Dığın
2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 720-729
Author(s):  
Hilal Tüzer ◽  
Tuba Yılmazer

Objective: This study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of simulation-based education for postoperative pain management and pain management on pain-related clinical outcomes. Methods: The study was carried out with 119 patients and 14 nursing students. The study was conducted in 3 periods. In the pre-education period, patients were followed by clinical nurses. During the education period, theoretical education was given to the students pre-test was performed and then the first performance evaluation was conducted with the standard patient. Then, one week later, pain assessment was explained with the standard patient and the students were allowed to work free of charge. In the post- education period, the students were given clinical practice and data about the patients were followed up by clinical nurses. In this period, the second performance evaluation was performed with the real patient and the post-test was performed. At the end of the study, the effectiveness of simulation based education and clinical outcomes related to pain were evaluated. Results: Students' knowledge and performance scores related to pain management after simulation education increased significantly (p<0.002). Conclusion: As a result, it is seen that students' knowledge and performance related to pain management have changed positively after simulation training. In addition, further decrease in pain level on post-op 2nd day is considered to be an important clinical outcome in inpatients in the post-training period. ​Extended English summary is in the end of Full Text PDF (TURKISH) file.   Özet Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı ameliyat sonrası ağrı yönetimine ilişkin öğrencilere verilen simülasyon temelli eğitimin etkinliğini ve ağrıyla ilgili klinik sonuçlara etkisini belirlemektir. Yöntem: Araştırma 119 hasta ve 14 öğrenci hemşire ile yürütülmüştür. Araştırma 3 aşamada gerçekleştirilmiştir. Eğitim öncesi dönemde hastalar klinik hemşireleri tarafından takip edilmiştir. Eğitim döneminde, öğrencilere teorik eğitim verilerek ön-test yapılmış ve ardından standart hasta eşliğinde 1. performans değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır. 1 hafta sonra standart hasta eşliğinde ağrı yönetimi anlatılarak öğrenciler serbest çalışmaya bırakılmıştır. Eğitim sonrası dönemde öğrenciler klinik uygulamaya çıkarılmış ve bu dönemde de hastalara ilişkin veriler klinik hemşireleri tarafından takip edilmiştir. Daha sonra gerçek hasta eşliğinde 2. performans değerlendirmesi yapılarak son-test yapılmıştır. Çalışma sonunda simülasyon temelli eğitimin etkinliği ve ağrıyla ilgili klinik sonuçlar değerlendirilmiştir. Bulgular: Öğrencilerin simülasyon eğitimi sonrası ağrı yönetimine ilişkin bilgi ve performans puanları anlamlı oranda artmıştır (p<0.002). Sonuç: Sonuç olarak, öğrencilerin simülasyon eğitimi sonrası ağrı yönetimine ilişkin bilgi ve performanslarının olumlu olarak değiştiği görülmektedir. Ayrıca eğitim sonrası dönemde yatan hastalarda post-op 2. gün ağrı düzeyinin daha fazla azalmasının oldukça önemli bir klinik sonuç olduğu düşünülmektedir.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Frödin ◽  
Margareta Warrén Stomberg

Pain management is an integral challenge in nursing and includes the responsibility of managing patients’ pain, evaluating pain therapy and ensuring the quality of care. The aims of this study were to explore patients’ experiences of pain after lung surgery and evaluate their satisfaction with the postoperative pain management. A descriptive design was used which studied 51 participants undergoing lung surgery. The incidence of moderate postoperative pain varied from 36- 58% among the participants and severe pain from 11-26%, during their hospital stay. Thirty-nine percent had more pain than expected. After three months, 20% experienced moderate pain and 4% experienced severe pain, while after six months, 16% experienced moderate pain. The desired quality of care goal was not fully achieved. We conclude that a large number of patients experienced moderate and severe postoperative pain and more than one third had more pain than expected. However, 88% were satisfied with the pain management. The findings confirm the severity of pain experienced after lung surgery and facilitate the apparent need for the continued improvement of postoperative pain management following this procedure.


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