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Pain Management 2019 & Internal Medicine 2019
International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X
Page 50
JOINT EVENT
7
th
Edition of International Conference on
Pain Management
8
th
Edition of International Conference on
Internal Medicine &
Patient Care
&
March 25-26, 2019
Rome, Italy
Lucia Amendano et al., Int J Anesth Pain Med 2019, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-006
Improving pain management knowledge among nurses
Lucia Amendano
and
James J Peters
1
DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CEN
2
Montefiore Nyack Hospital, USA
P
ain is the most commonly presented symptom
among patients who are admitted to the emergency
department. Unfortunately, many barriers to pain
management exists thereby impacting ED patient care
and outcomes, specifically regarding inadequate pain
assessment, reassessment and documentation. Thus,
the quality improvement project aimed to increase
emergency department nurses knowledge of pain
management and utilization of pain assessment
guidelines, resources and policies. By nurses having
adequate education, they can provide timely and
efficient care to support patient outcomes, improve
patient comfort and improve patient satisfaction. The
practice leader used the knowledge and attitudes survey
regarding pain (Ferrell & McCaffery, 2014) to conduct a
pre and post-test assessment to measure emergency
department nurses’ knowledge of pain management.
There were 30 questions where the answers were either
scored as 1 = correct or 0 = incorrect. The answers
were added up and the total percent of correct answers
were calculated for each of the 23 participants at both
pre-intervention and post-intervention. The results of
the quality improvement project showed that nurses
lacked adequate pain management knowledge, 45.45%
of participants responded incorrectly to knowledge
questions about pain before the intervention. However,
after the project implementation, the results of the
data analysis showed a statistically significant mean
increase of 23.91% from pre-intervention (65.65%) to
post-intervention (89.56%) after eight weeks of project
implementation. This quality improvement project will
provide a basis for future studies in improving nurses’
pain management knowledge.
Biography
Lucia Amendano is a Nurse Practitioner with 14 years of ex-
perience in Emergency Department, Occupational Health,
Telephone Triage and Management experience. She earned a
Bachelor’s in Nursing from Suny New Paltz and a Masters in
Nursing from Pace University. Her certifications include Board
Certified Family Nurse Practitioner, Board Certified Emergency
Nurse, Advanced Cardiac Life Support, Basic Cardiac Life Sup-
port, Pediatric Advanced Life Support, Advance Trauma Life
Support and Advanced Burn Life Support. Her professional
poster presentations include tissue plasminogen activator in
stroke patients and tools for reducing effects of sitting at work.
Her professional nominations/awards include the Rockland
County Nurse of Excellence Award Nominee, Nurse Practi-
tioner Exemplary-Extraordinary Work Winner Award, Nursing
Excellence Nominee Nyack Hospital and she was inducted to
the Omicron Sigma Chapter and Zeta Omega. She is currently
completing her practicum for her Doctorate of Nursing Prac-
tice Degree and is very passionate about influencing nurses to
improve pain management knowledge.
amenda97@gmail.com