Bicek, Erin

Jesek-Hale, Faculty Advisor, Shelia

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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2004, 15th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 17th, 2:35 PM - 3:50 PMNurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use ofNonpharmacological Pain ManagementTechniques and TherapiesErin BicekIllinois Wesleyan UniversityShelia Jesek-Hale, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Erin Bicek and Shelia Jesek-Hale, Faculty Advisor, "Nurses' Attitudes, Knowledge, and Use of Nonpharmacological PainManagement Techniques and Therapies" (April 17, 2004). John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 1.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2004/oralpres8/1THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL STUDENT RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2004 Oral Presentation 08.1 NURSES' ATTITUDES, KNOWLEDGE, AND USE OF NONPHARMACOLOGICAL PAIN MANAGEMENT TECHNIQUES AND THERAPIES Erin Bicek and Sheila Jesek-Hale* School of Nursing, Illinois Wesleyan University Nonpharmacological pain management plays an integral role in the treatment of patient's pain, both in conjunction with pharmacological techniques and when used alone. Few studies exist that have examined this aspect of nursing care. There is a need for more research in this area. The purpose of this study is to randomly survey registered nurses at a local hospital to explore their attitudes, knowledge, and use of nonpharmacological pain management when caring for patients' in the hospital setting. Illinois Wesleyan University and the hospital have granted approval for this research. In order to participate, nurses will complete an informed consent, demographic questionnaire, and non-pharmacological methods questionnaire adapted from Tarja Polkki 's instrument. The data will be analyzed using SPSS to find what factors such as age, unit of work, or years of practice might affect nurses use of nonpharmacological pain management. The data will also be analyzed to find out to what extent nurses use nonpharmacological therapies and which therapies they utilize. 

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