Pain Management Practices and their Effects to Stress and Workplace Situation Among Nurses in Private Hospitals

This research assessed the pain management capabilities in terms of knowledge, attitude and skills and their effects to stress in terms of physical, sleep, behavioral and emotional indicators and workplace situation in terms of punctuality, politeness and productivity and efficiency among nurses in the private hospitals in Iligan City. It aimed to provide hospital administrators basis for improving existing policy in pain management practices and nurses to give way to a better workplace situation. Descriptive design was utilized with Pearson correlation and multiple linear regression for data analysis to determine whether pain management capabilities has effects to stress and workplace situation among nurses. The findings showed that nurses have low knowledge and attitude but possessed excellent skills on pain management. There is no significant relationship between pain management capabilities in terms of knowledge and attitude and workplace situation but the there is a significant relationship between pain management capabilities in terms of skills and workplace situation in terms of punctuality and productivity/efficiency, except for politeness. There is also no significant relationship between pain management in terms of knowledge and attitude to stress indicator.

Keywords: Pain management, stress, workplace situation, nurses