Table 3.
Knowledge of POP Management (n = 168).
| Knowledge about POP management | True |
False |
Correct answer | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | T/F | |
| Q1. Pain is what the patient says it is. | 146 | 86.9 | 22 | 13.1 | T |
| Q2. Acute pain lasts for 20 to 30 days. | 22 | 13.1 | 146 | 86.9 | T |
| Q3. The most accurate judge of the intensity of the patient's pain is the patient's primary nurse. | 98 | 58.3 | 70 | 41.7 | F |
| Q4. Vital signs are always reliable indicators of the intensity of a patient's pain. | 105 | 62.5 | 63 | 37.5 | F |
| Q5. Pain assessment includes onset, duration, variability, location, and intensity of pain. | 165 | 98.2 | 3 | 1.8 | T |
| Q6. Glasgow Coma Scale is a pain assessment tool. | 95 | 56.5 | 73 | 43.5 | F |
| Q7. When using the WHO pain ladder to treat acute pain, treatment should go from bottom to top. | 116 | 69.0 | 52 | 31.0 | T |
| Q8. Using pain management assessment tool is not integral in POP management. | 35 | 20.8 | 133 | 79.2 | F |
| Q9. Untreated POP delays recovery. | 147 | 87.5 | 21 | 12.5 | T |
| Q10. Effective analgesia is an essential part of POP management. | 163 | 97.0 | 5 | 3.0 | T |
| Q11. The recommended route of administration of opioid analgesics with brief, severe pain of sudden onset such as POP is intramuscular. | 123 | 73.2 | 45 | 26.8 | F |
| Q12. Analgesics for POP should initially be given around the clock on a fixed schedule. | 109 | 64.9 | 59 | 35.1 | T |
| Q13. Naloxone antagonizes (reverses) all opiates, but its effect quickly wears off. | 112 | 66.7 | 56 | 33.3 | F |
Note. POP = postoperative pain; WHO = World Health Organization; T = true; F = false.