Assess the competency of staff nurses regarding pain assessment and monitoring in critically ill patients
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Nurses, Pain, Monitoring, Knowledge, AssessmentAbstract
Background and aim of the work: Pain is defined as an unpleasant emotional and sensory experience that is connected to or characterized by tissue damage, either real or potential. It is a reaction to hurt, disease, or other negative stimuli that is both bodily and emotional. Pain acts as a defense mechanism to notify the body of damage or possible danger. According to the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage. Method: A study to assess the competency of staff nurses regarding pain assessment and monitoring in critically ill patients at selected hospital, Gurugram, Haryana.conductedon100 staff nurses of intensive care unit, Level of knowledge about pain were measured by pain assessment knowledge questionnaire, clinical competency observation checklist, pain assessment and monitoring attitude scales.
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