The effectiveness of nursing system development on knowledge, practice of nurses, pain perception and satisfaction of patients with post-operative orthopaedics and joint
Abstract:
This prospective intervention study aimed to examine the effectiveness of nursing system development for pain management for patients in post - operative orthopedics and joint patients. There are 2 groups of purposive sampling for the study. Twenty four nurses of orthopedics and general surgery unit and 21post - operative orthopedics and joint patients were recruited. CURN model was used as a conceptual framework for the system development, which included identifying problem, system development, implementing system, and evaluation of the system. Instruments used to collect data consisted of nursing knowledge test related to pain management, nursing practices in pain management questionnaires, patients pain perception assessment and patient satisfaction questionnaire. Data were collected from October 2013 to December 2013. Descriptive statistics and paired t-test was used to analyze data. The findings showed that after the system development, nurses had improved knowledge. Patients controlled their pain as the criteria. Patient satisfaction with pain management higher than a hospital determined threshold. This study suggested that CURN model is useful to improve quality in post - operative orthopedics and joint patients.