Assessment of the Practice of Non-Pharmacological Post-Operative Pain Management and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working in Public Referral Hospitals of Amhara Regional State
| dc.contributor.advisor | Aga Fekadu(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Gebreyeohannis Tigistu(MSc) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dires Tadila | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-06-04T18:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-06-04T18:22:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:51:10Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-01 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Non-pharmacological interventions defined as therapies that do not involve taking medicines or any other active substance. Such interventions may include exercise, massage, relaxation training, thermotherapy and psychological or behavioral management. Non pharmacological pain management is important when managing post-operative pain. Non-pharmacologic method have no side effects, have minimum risk, are not detrimental to patients, easy to administer and cost-efficient. These interventions should be implemented by nurses into routine plans of care for patients. Objective: To assess practice of non-pharmacological post-operative pain management and associated factors among nurses working in public referral hospitals of Amhara regional state. Method: Cross-sectional study design will be used. Data will be collected from March to April 2019 by using a structured self-administered questionnaire. Source population of the study will be nurses who work at post-operative units of public referral hospitals of Amhara regional state. The sample size of study is 300 nurses who work in post-operative unit of randomly selected referral hospitals of Amhara regional state. Correlation coefficient r will be used to measures the degree of association between dependent variable and continues in dependent variables. Differences between the groups in the mean values of the variables will be tested with ANOVA test. In addition, association between factors and nurses’ practice of non-pharmacological methods will be tested by t test. I will also use multiple linear regression to asses significantly associated variable with significant p value <0.05 and 95 % confidence interval. Conclusion and recommendation: | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21428 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Non Pharmacological Pain Management, Post-Operative Pain, Nurse and Practice | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of the Practice of Non-Pharmacological Post-Operative Pain Management and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working in Public Referral Hospitals of Amhara Regional State | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |