Abstract

Most pain can be relieved safely and effectively, yet undertreatment of acute and cancer pain persists. This gap between knowledge and practice is due, in part, to clinicians' lack of pain management knowledge, the absence of institutional standards for monitoring pain management, and societal factors. Although there are many separate studies of clinicians' pain management knowledge, few have jointly examined nurses' and physicians' knowledge. No studies have asked nurses and physicians what they need to know to improve their care of patients in pain. Finally, little is known about the influence of societal and institutional factors on nurses' and physicians' pain management knowledge. This study had three purposes: (a) to determine the influences of selected societal and institutional factors and individual demographics and self-reported information needs on nurses' pain management knowledge; (b) to determine the influences of selected societal and institutional factors and individual demographics and self-reported information needs on physicians' pain management knowledge; and (c) to determine whether nurses and physicians differ significantly with regard to pain management knowledge and the influence of selected societal, institutional, and individual factors on this variable.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9928368; ProQuest document ID: 304502191. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Rev. Judith A. Spross, PhD, RN, FAAN

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Other

Research Approach

Regression Analysis

Keywords:

Pain Management, Cancer Patients, Patient Care, Chronic Pain

Advisor

Mary E. Duffy

Second Advisor

Sr. Callista Roy

Third Advisor

Susan K. Chase

Degree

PhD

Degree Grantor

Boston College

Degree Year

1999

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None: Degree-based Submission

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Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2021-11-29

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