The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight

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dc.contributor.authorAziato, Lydia
dc.contributor.authorAdejumo, Oluyinka
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-17T12:02:46Z
dc.date.available2015-06-17T12:02:46Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.description.accreditationWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.identifier.citationAziato, L., & Adejumo, O. (2014). The Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insight. American Society For Pain Management Nursing, 15 (1):265-272en_US
dc.identifier.issn1524-9042
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/1515
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.privacy.showsubmitterfalse
dc.publisherPubMed Commonsen_US
dc.rightsGrant other users a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual license under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License
dc.source.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2012.10.002
dc.status.ispeerreviewedtrue
dc.subjectPain managementen_US
dc.subjectSurgical nurseen_US
dc.subjectClinical ethnographyen_US
dc.subjectGhanaianen_US
dc.titleThe Ghanaian surgical nurse and postoperative pain management: a clinical ethnographic insighten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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