pain management has been shown to affect patient outcomes by potentially increasing hospital stay and delaying recovery; thus,\nthe management of pain has major implications for nursing. The study was aimed to identify gaps in knowledge and attitude of\nnurseâ??s level of pain management. Objective. This study aimed to assess knowledge and attitude towards pain management among\nnurses working at University of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019. Methods. Institution-\nbased cross-sectional study was carried out during May 20â??30, 2019. A stratified random sampling technique was used to\nselect 422 nurses. Hospital departments were classified into 5 main strata having nearly the same working conditions: (1) Internal\nMedicine, (2) Pediatrics, (3) Surgical, (4) Outpatient Clinics, and (5) Emergency and Intensive Care Departments. The proportional\nallocation was taken from each stratum, and then a simple random technique was applied. Descriptive statistics like\nfrequency, mean, median, standard deviation, and percentage were used to describe the distribution of data. Independent samples\nt-test was used in comparing the gender knowledge and attitude mean score of the nurses towards pain management. One-way\nANOVA was also used in determining the differences between knowledge and attitude towards pain management with sociodemographic\ncharacteristics at the....................
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