EXPLORATION OF BARRIERS PERCEIVED BY ONCOLOGY NURSES RELATED TO CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT

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Tahira Rehmat
Ruqia Begum
Samina Manzoor
Samina Farooqi

Abstract

Objectives: To explore barriers perceived by oncology nurses in cancer pain management.


Methods: A descriptive Cross sectional study was conducted in oncology department of four tertiary care hospitals of Punjab which include Mayo hospital Lahore, Jinnah hospital Lahore, Allied hospital Faisalabad and Nishtar hospital Multan. Sample of 72 nurses working in oncology departments of four tertiary care hospitals were selected by using purposive sampling. Self-administered questionnaire was used to collect data. The data analysis was performed using SPSS version 20 and micro soft excel.


Results: The results identified that system related barriers were found more prevalent. From system related barriers inappropriate nurse –patient ratio was found most prevalent barriers as 95.9% (n=72) respondent were agree for this barrier


Conclusion: nurses face lot of barriers in pain management that hinder their efficiency to control pain.

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Rehmat, T., Begum, R., Manzoor, S., & Farooqi, S. (2021). EXPLORATION OF BARRIERS PERCEIVED BY ONCOLOGY NURSES RELATED TO CANCER PAIN MANAGEMENT. Journal of Medical Sciences, 29(03), 79–82. https://doi.org/10.52764/jms.21.29.3.3
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Ruqia Begum, College of nursing, children hospital Lahore

Principal of College of nursing, children hospital, Lahore.

Samina Manzoor, University of Health Sciences, Lahore

Associate Professor, university of health sciences, Lahore

Samina Farooqi, Al-Aleem nursing College, Lahore.

College of nursing, Al-Aleem nursing College, Lahore.