title: Nurses' retention of pain management knowledge.
abstract: Despite efforts to improve nurses' pain management knowledge, a lack of understanding about basic pain management concepts remains. This article presents results of a pilot study about the effectiveness of a pain management education program. Nurses' mean scores on pain management concepts tests increased from 56% to 76%. The scores are still low, and nurses need further education and reinforcement about basic pain management concepts.
authors.affiliation: Medical-Surgical Units, Thunderbird Samaritan Medical Center, Glendale, Arizona, USA. reneewright@prodigy.net
authors.forename: R K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Bell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001130:Arizona; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010865:Pilot Projects