• Julie Burns, Kerstin T Magee, Hayley Cooley, Anne Hensler, Joanne Montana, Daria Shumaker, Jane Snyder, and Artisha R Polk.
• Georgetown University Hospital, 3800 Reservoir Road NW, Washington, DC 20007, USA. jxb37@gunet.georgetown.edu.
• J. Perianesth. Nurs. 2010 Feb 1; 25 (1): 24-8.

AbstractPatients' feedback about their perianesthesia experience at an acute care 609-bed teaching hospital in Washington, DC, indicated that pain management was an area in need of improvement. A nonexperimental descriptive study related to pain management was conducted in the perianesthesia areas to assess the knowledge and attitudes of health care providers. McCaffrey and Ferrell's 38-item self-report questionnaire was given to anesthesia providers, preoperative nurses, Phase I nurses, and Phase II nurses (N=138). Seventy-two participants responded, yielding a 52% response rate. Results showed a statistically significant difference between the scores of the anesthesia care providers and the preoperative area nurses and between the Phase I nurses and the preoperative nurses. No statistically significant differences were found between the anesthesia providers, and Phase I and Phase II nurses, indicating that at this hospital, nurses who provide postoperative care have similar knowledge and attitudes regarding pain as the anesthesia providers.Copyright 2010 American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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