Educating student nurses about chronic pain

Shaw, SM

Educating student nurses about chronic pain

Shaw, SM

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Field	Value	Language
dc.contributor.author	Shaw, SM
dc.date.accessioned	2015-09-22T03:45:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-09-22T03:45:33Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/37294
dc.description	University of Technology, Sydney. Faculty of Education.	en_US
dc.description.abstract	This thesis explores the issue of educating student nurses about chronic pain. Chronic illness is a substantial health and disability issue across the globe. Chronic pain is a particularly prevalent chronic health experience, with estimates that between a quarter and a half of the world’s population, experience some degree of chronic pain. A good deal of knowledge about the causes and treatment of various types of pain have developed in recent years. However, patients believe that their pain is not adequately treated by health professionals. The prevalence of chronic pain, concerns about the inadequate management of it, and the leading role that nurses play in assessing patients and providing treatment, make it timely to explore chronic pain in relation to nursing education. This study focussed on exploring how student nurses think about and may respond to patients experiencing chronic pain. A number of misconceptions had previously been identified as being held by health professionals, and having the potential to detrimentally impact on their response to patients (McCaffery & Pasero, 1999). This research was designed to explore the extent to which those misconceptions about patients with chronic pain were held by student nurses during their pre-registration education. This phenomenon had not previously been researched. The findings of the study suggest that attitudes and knowledge of student nurses about patients with chronic pain are inadequate. Further exploration of the findings suggests that the views held by student nurses are not positively addressed to any significant extent during the course of their undergraduate education. It is argued that ensuring appropriate knowledge is taught to students and linked to practice may play a substantial role in improving the practise of nurses and the experience of patients with chronic illness.	en_US
dc.format	Thesis (PhD)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.relation	https://opus.lib.uts.edu.au/bitstream/10453/37294/8/02whole.pdf
dc.rights	au.edu.uts.lib/ppc
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights	The author owns the copyright in this thesis including all reproduction and reuse rights for the work. The work may not be altered without the permission of the copyright owner. Attribution is essential when quoting or paraphrasing from this thesis.
dc.subject	Chronic pain.	en
dc.subject	Inadequate management of pain.	en
dc.subject	Nursing education.	en
dc.subject	Misconceptions about patients.	en
dc.subject	Improving the practise of nurses.	en
dc.title	Educating student nurses about chronic pain	en_US
dc.type	Thesis
utslib.copyright.status	open_access

Abstract:

This thesis explores the issue of educating student nurses about chronic pain. Chronic illness is a substantial health and disability issue across the globe. Chronic pain is a particularly prevalent chronic health experience, with estimates that between a quarter and a half of the world’s population, experience some degree of chronic pain. A good deal of knowledge about the causes and treatment of various types of pain have developed in recent years. However, patients believe that their pain is not adequately treated by health professionals. The prevalence of chronic pain, concerns about the inadequate management of it, and the leading role that nurses play in assessing patients and providing treatment, make it timely to explore chronic pain in relation to nursing education. This study focussed on exploring how student nurses think about and may respond to patients experiencing chronic pain. A number of misconceptions had previously been identified as being held by health professionals, and having the potential to detrimentally impact on their response to patients (McCaffery & Pasero, 1999). This research was designed to explore the extent to which those misconceptions about patients with chronic pain were held by student nurses during their pre-registration education. This phenomenon had not previously been researched. The findings of the study suggest that attitudes and knowledge of student nurses about patients with chronic pain are inadequate. Further exploration of the findings suggests that the views held by student nurses are not positively addressed to any significant extent during the course of their undergraduate education. It is argued that ensuring appropriate knowledge is taught to students and linked to practice may play a substantial role in improving the practise of nurses and the experience of patients with chronic illness.

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