About the project
It is a tailored educational intervention study with a pre-post design and a comparison group (baseline T-1, one month after intervention T-2, and six months after the intervention), including a sample of nurses working in six postoperative units of each of the six university hospitals, covering all health regions in Norway. Three different approaches will be used (survey with questionnaire, observations of clinical practice and interviews with children) to collect data about pediatric postoperative pain management in this study.
Objectives
The main objective of the present study is to improve pediatric postoperative pain management. This will be achieved by first exploring the pediatric postoperative pain management practice using different approaches (study 1). Then, an intervention will be developed based on the results from the first study and available research in the area (study 2). After that, we will investigate if the tailored interventions with nurses at postoperative units improve the nurses’ knowledge of pediatric pain management and pediatric pain management practice (study 3).
Background
Pain in children and adolescents is underestimated and undertreated even if a lot of research is done in the area. Research suggests that lack of knowledge about pain and pain management in children are one of the reasons for the undertreatment .
Untreated pain can cause unnecessary suffering, increased risk of complications, increased risk of morbidity and mortality, as well as lead to longer hospital stays and increased cost. Nurses who work at postoperative units have a considerable responsibility to ensure optimal pain management. Few studies have examined the effectiveness of educational interventions on pediatric nurses' pain management. There is a need to explore this further.
This is a tailored educational intervention study with a pre-post design and a comparison group (baseline T-1, one month after intervention T-2, and six months after the intervention), including a sample of nurses working in six postoperative units of each of the six university hospitals, covering all health regions in Norway. Three different approaches will be used (survey with questionnaire, observations of clinical practice and interviews with children) to collect data about pediatric postoperative pain management in this study.
Sub-projects
- Explore nurses’ pediatric postoperative pain management
- Develop a tailored educational intervention
- Implement and evaluate the intervention
Financing
- Medicines for Children Network, Norway
- Children's Surgical Department, Oslo University Hospital, Norway
- Norwegian Nurses Organization
- Sykehusbarn
Cooperation
- All 6 University hospitals in Norway
- London South Bank University
- Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Stockholm
- Oslo and Akershus University College of applied Sciences
Start - finish
2014 - 2023