Abstract
Background
There is lack of instruments for assessing nurses' comprehensive pain management competency.
Aim
This study aimed to assess the psychometric properties of the Nurses' Cancer Pain
Management Competency Scale and to conduct a cursory survey of the pain management
educational needs/resources of nurses caring for patients with cancer pain.
Method
A convenience sample of 230 Korean nurses who met the eligibility criteria completed
the researcher developed the Nurses' Cancer Pain Management Competency Scale and a
pain management educational needs/resources survey. The Nurses' Cancer Pain Management
Competency Scale was based on the pain management core competencies identified by
Fishman et al (2013). Internal consistency was assessed using Cronbach's alpha, and
construct validity was examined using exploratory factor analysis with varimax rotation.
Results
Cronbach's alpha of the scale was 0.89. Nurse cancer pain management competency includes
four factors, which accounted for 68.44% of the variance: the context of pain management,
pain assessment and measurement, management of pain, and multidimensional nature of
pain. Approximately 42% of nurses had no available protocols related to cancer pain
management. Nurses preferred multi-component educational modalities, including simulation-based
learning.
Conclusions
Findings support internal consistency reliability and content and construct validity
of the Nurses' Cancer Pain Management Competency Scale that can help examine pain
management competency of nurses. Adopting an evidence-based clinical cancer pain management-related
protocol and multi-component training programs are needed to achieve optimal cancer
pain management competency in nurses.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: September 25, 2022
Accepted:
August 16,
2022
Received in revised form:
July 25,
2022
Received:
March 31,
2022
Publication stage
In Press Corrected ProofIdentification
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