RESEARCH ARTICLE
Turkish Pediatric Nurses’ Use of Non-Pharmacological Methods for Postoperative Pain Relief in 6 to 12 Year Old Children
Emine Efe1, *, Derya Özcan2, Şevkiye Dikmen2, Nuray Altaş2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 10
First Page: 56
Last Page: 64
Publisher ID: TOPAINJ-10-56
DOI: 10.2174/1876386301710010056
Article History:
Received Date: 22/12/2016Revision Received Date: 11/04/2017
Acceptance Date: 25/05/2017
Electronic publication date: 31/07/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode). This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Objective:
This descriptive study was conducted for the purpose of describing the Turkish pediatric nurses’ use of non-pharmacological methods for relieving 6 to 12-year-old children’s postoperative pain.
Method:
This research was conducted with 92 pediatric nurses working at 17 university hospitals located in Turkey. Data were collected using a web based questionnaire and had to be completed electronically.
Results:
It was determined that the majority of the nurses give information about postoperative observation (79.3%), and postoperative pain (76.1%). In addition, it was determined that they have been encouraging children to ask about misconceptions (69.6%).
Conclusion:
Based on these results, the Turkish pediatric surgical nurses used versatile non-pharmacological methods in children’s postoperative pain relief.