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    Assessment Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Nurses towards Neonatal Pain Management and Determinant factors at Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2021.
    (Addis Abeba University, 2021-08) Marelign, Solomon; Dr.Moges, Tamirat(MD, Pediatrician, Pediatric Cardiologist, Associate Professor Of Pediatrics And Child Health)
    Background: Pain is a significant global problem in the field of health.Recent advances in neurobiology, clinical medicine and neonatal research have established that the fetus and newborn may experience acute, established, and chronic pain and that controlling pain has short- and long-term benefits for all newborns (1)(2). Despite the growing knowledge about pain assessment and intervention, the neonatal pain remains unrecognized and undertreated (3). Appropriate management of neonatal painprevents unnecessary hospital stay and suffering them from pain. In clinical settings, nurses play a vital role in pain assessment and management and must be knowledgeable regarding how to best access and manage the pain. Objective: The aim of the study was to assess the neonatal ICU nurses’ knowledge and practiceand factors associated regarding neonatal pain management at public hospital of Addis Ababa,Ethiopia, 2020. Method: -Institutional based cross-sectional study design will be used to collect data from fourselected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, from 21July-22August 2021. Simple random samplingwill be used to recruit study participants using structured, self-administered questionnaire. Data will be cleaned and entered using SPSS version 26.0 software and data will analysis. Result:Majority (98(87.5.0%)) and (87(77.7%)) of the nurse had good overall knowledge and attitude. However, one third (42(37.5%) of the respondents have good practice. Conclusion:Most nurses had poor practice in managing neonatal pain but majority of nurses had adequate knowledge concerning neonatal pain management. There was gap between their knowledge and practice.