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The article has an abstract containing the following headings: aim and objectives; background; design; method; results; conclusion; and relevance to clinical practice. The article has distinct sections on introduction and background. In the introduction, the authors discuss how available evidence supports the argument that that children have continues to suffer from postoperative pain due to poor pain management interventions and the associated physiological, psychological, ethical, and economic impacts. The authors have acknowledged the few qualitative studies on pediatric pain management. They also indicated that there was no evidence such a study has been conducted in Singapore, a country with a very high cultural …show more content…
This includes the use of semi-structured interviews which empowers participants to express their opinions. The inclusion criteria ensured participants could verbally interact with interviewers and freely express their opinions. On the other hand, the exclusion criteria ensured that children with physical or mental disabilities, and chronic illnesses were not interviewed. To ensure accuracy, the audio data was transcribed by the researcher who conducted the interview, after which the transcripts and raw audio data were evaluated by two other researchers. To ensure reflected interview responses, concepts and categories were reread numerous times. To ensure credibility of the results, investigator triangulation technique was used in data analysis. Researchers were cautious about influencing the result by introducing their opinions. Researchers gave descriptions of their observations and interview settings. The research also included an audit trail of all material and data generated during the study. The study retained two researchers who were expert in content and …show more content…
Nurses should become more proactive in implementing non-pharmacological pain management interventions. For instance, pediatric patient education on cognitive-behavioral methods should start preoperatively. Also, parent care giver education on non-pharmacological interventions should be should be included in care planning to enhance their competency. There is need for nurses to educate children no pain assessment and its relationship on choosing the appropriate pain management intervention. When a nurse detect that a pediatric patient is concealing pain, it is important for the nurse to check the parents. This intervention should not negate the need for nurses building better rapport and trust with pediatric patients with an aim of enhancing accuracy in pain assessment. When caring for a pediatric patient nurses should become more proactive in building their relationships with patients so that pediatric patients would feel free to express their needs for pain
The article has an abstract containing the following headings: aim and objectives; background; design; method; results; conclusion; and relevance to clinical practice. The article has distinct sections on introduction and background. In the introduction, the authors discuss how available evidence supports the argument that that children have continues to suffer from postoperative pain due to poor pain management interventions and the associated physiological, psychological, ethical, and economic impacts. The authors have acknowledged the few qualitative studies on pediatric pain management. They also indicated that there was no evidence such a study has been conducted in Singapore, a country with a very high cultural …show more content…
This includes the use of semi-structured interviews which empowers participants to express their opinions. The inclusion criteria ensured participants could verbally interact with interviewers and freely express their opinions. On the other hand, the exclusion criteria ensured that children with physical or mental disabilities, and chronic illnesses were not interviewed. To ensure accuracy, the audio data was transcribed by the researcher who conducted the interview, after which the transcripts and raw audio data were evaluated by two other researchers. To ensure reflected interview responses, concepts and categories were reread numerous times. To ensure credibility of the results, investigator triangulation technique was used in data analysis. Researchers were cautious about influencing the result by introducing their opinions. Researchers gave descriptions of their observations and interview settings. The research also included an audit trail of all material and data generated during the study. The study retained two researchers who were expert in content and …show more content…
Nurses should become more proactive in implementing non-pharmacological pain management interventions. For instance, pediatric patient education on cognitive-behavioral methods should start preoperatively. Also, parent care giver education on non-pharmacological interventions should be should be included in care planning to enhance their competency. There is need for nurses to educate children no pain assessment and its relationship on choosing the appropriate pain management intervention. When a nurse detect that a pediatric patient is concealing pain, it is important for the nurse to check the parents. This intervention should not negate the need for nurses building better rapport and trust with pediatric patients with an aim of enhancing accuracy in pain assessment. When caring for a pediatric patient nurses should become more proactive in building their relationships with patients so that pediatric patients would feel free to express their needs for pain