The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight
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Date
2014
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PubMed Commons
Abstract
This study
aimed at illuminating the perceptions and responses of Ghanaian
surgical nurses regarding their patients’ POP. It also identified the
factors that influenced nurses’ pain responses. A focused ethnography
was used, and data were collected through individual interviews.
Sampling was performed purposively to include junior, senior, day,
and night nurses who cared for surgical patients. Concurrent data
analysis was performed and data were saturated with 12 individual
interviews. The findings indicated that nurses perceived POP as an
individual phenomenon, and nurses responded to patients’ pain by
administering analgesics and by using nonpharmacologic measures.
Factors that influenced the nurses’ response were individual factors,
such as commitment, discretion, fear of addiction, and organizational
factors, such as organizational laxity and challenges of teamwork. The
study recommended that nurses should be educated, supported, and
encouraged to ensure pain relief after surgery and that they should see
pain relief as a priority postoperative care to avert the negative
repercussions of poorly managed POP.
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Pain management, Surgical nurse, Clinical ethnography, Ghanaian
Citation
Aziato, L., & Adejumo, O. (2014). The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight. American Society For Pain Management Nursing, 15 (1):265-272