title: Nurses' provision of parental guidance regarding school-aged children's postoperative pain management: a descriptive correlational study.
abstract: Involving parents in children's pain management is essential to achieve optimal outcomes. Parents need to be equipped with sufficient knowledge and information. Only a limited number of studies have explored nurses' provision of parental guidance regarding the use of nonpharmacologic methods in children's pain management. This study aimed to examine nurses' perceptions of providing preparatory information and nonpharmacologic methods to parents, and how their demographics and perceived knowledge adequacy of these methods influence this guidance. A descriptive correlational study using questionnaire surveys was conducted to collect data from a convenience sample of 134 registered nurses working in seven pediatric wards of two public hospitals in Singapore. Descriptive statistics, independent-samples t test, and multiple linear regression were used to analyze the data. Most nurses provided various types of cognitive information to parents related to their children's surgery, whereas information about children's feelings was less often provided. Most nurses provided guidance to parents on positioning, breathing technique, comforting/reassurance, helping with activities of daily living, relaxation, and creating a comfortable environment. Nurses' provision of parental guidance on preparatory information and nonpharmacologic methods was significantly different between subgroups of age, education, parent or not, and perceived knowledge adequacy of nonpharmacologic methods. Nurses' perceived knowledge adequacy was the main factor influencing their provision of parental guidance. More attention should be paid to nurses who are younger, have less working experience, and are not parents. There is a need to educate nurses about nonpharmacologic pain relief methods to optimize their provision of parental guidance.
authors: Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies Department, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Electronic address: nurhhg@nus.edu.sg.
authors: Hong-Gu
authors: HG
authors: He
authors: Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies Department, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors: Piyanee
authors: P
authors: Klainin-Yobas
authors: Clinical and Oncology Nursing, National University Hospital, Singapore.
authors: Emily Neo Kim
authors: EN
authors: Ang
authors: Division of Nursing, KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Singapore.
authors: Rajammal
authors: R
authors: Sinnappan
authors: Institute of Health Sciences, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland.
authors: Tarja
authors: T
authors: Pölkki
authors: Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies Department, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
authors: Wenru
authors: W
authors: Wang
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing*; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000451:nursing*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D012846:Singapore