Pain Management and the Pediatric Nurse

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OBJECTIVES

  1. Discuss the importance of appropriate pain management for children.
  2. List two interventions for increasing communication between nurses and parents regarding children's pain.
  3. Describe the way in which emphasis on pain management may influence nurses' responses to perceptions of children's pain.
  4. Identify opportunities for pediatric nurses to keep current on aspects of pain management.

POSTTEST INSTRUCTIONS

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  4. Test must be summbitted by August 31, 2010. If you pass the test (70% or better), a certificate for 1.6 contact hours will be awarded by Anthony J. Jannetti, Inc. Please allow 6-8 weeks for processing. For recertification purposes, the date that contact hours are awarded will reflect the date of processing.

Answer Form

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*1. In a study with PICU families, Studdard et al. found that __________ was the most commonly cited source of conflict between care teams and families.
a. Noise
b. Poor communication
c. Waiting times
d. None of the above
e. All of the above

*2. Results from a study in Sweden suggest that parental security regarding management of their child’s pain is derived from
a. trusting professionals who know how to take care of their child.
b. having control over what is going on with their child.
c. trusting themselves as the ones who knows the child best.
d. B and C.
e. All of the above.

*3. Which of the following interventions were used in Hong’s study?
a. An inservice designed to improve nurses’ communication with parents.
b. An inservice designed to improve nurses ability to assess for pain.
c. A handout providing information to parents regarding pain management on the unit.
d. A and B.
e. A and C.

*4. In Hong et al.’s study, which percentage of nurses received the staff education intervention on communicating with parents/families?
a. About 25%
b. About 35%
c. About 45%
d. About 55%
e. About 65%

*5. The trend from Hong’s study,although not statistically significant, suggests that staff inservice with written case studies and a parental informational handout combined might be useful interventions.
a. True
b. False

*6. According to earlier studies,which of the following factors have been suggested as influencing nurses’ skill at managing children’s pain?
a. Nurses with more clinical experience.
b. Nurses who are better educated.
c. Nurses who have had personal experience with pain.
d. A and B.
e. A, B, and C.

*7. According to Griffin et al.’s study, nurses’ prior experience of pain, recent pain training,and years of clinical experience were not significantly related to any of the pain outcome measures.
a. True
b. False

*8. Griffin et al. reported which of the following findings regarding nurse practitioners?
a. Nurse practitioners and non-NPs had nearly identical ratings of the children’s pain.
b. Nurse practitioners rated children’s pain higher than non-NPs.
c. Nurse practitioners rated children’s pain lower than non-NPs.
d. Nurse practitioners said they would give significantly lower doses of pain medication than non-NPs.

*9. Which of the following findings achieved statistically significance regarding current nursing status?
a. Currently employed nurses gave higher average pain ratings than those not currently in nursing.
b. Currently employed nurses had somewhat higher dosage scores.
c. Currently employed nurses had a somewhat higher number of nonpharmacologic methods.
d. A and B.
e. B and C.

*10. According to Griffin et al., the most important finding from their survey of nurses in pediatric care is the dominance of responses that reflect awareness of appropriate treatment decisions related to children’s pain, regardless of nurses’ characteristics.
a. True
b. False

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6. How much time was used to complete reading assignment and posttest:
a. Less than 1 hour
b. 1-2 hours
c. 2-3 hours
d. 3 hours or more
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