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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; Moges Tamirat
    Background: Pain is a significant global problem in the field of health.Recent advances inneurobiology, clinical medicine and neonatal research have established that the fetus andnewborn 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 themfrom 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 andpracticeand factors associated regarding neonatal pain management at public hospital of AddisAbaba,Ethiopia, 2020. Method: -Institutional based cross-sectional study design will be used to collect data fromfourselected 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 andattitude. 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 painmanagement. There was gap between their knowledge and practice.