ArticlePaediatric & neonatal pain2026
Implementation and Evaluation of a Pediatric Pain Assessment Educational Program (PPAEP) for Nurses in a Resource-Limited Setting: A Pilot Study.
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Nurses play a vital role in pediatric pain assessment and management. However, nurses' limited competencies in pain management have been identified as one of the barriers to optimal pediatric pain care. Therefore, this study aimed to implement and evaluate an educational program and changes in nurses' pediatric pain assessment knowledge and attitudes (PPAKA), self-efficacy, and the program's acceptability. Guided by Kirkpatrick's model of evaluation, a one-group pre-post study was conducted among 20 nurses working at the children's unit of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Hospital in Ghana. The pediatric pain assessment educational program (PPAEP) was delivered to the nurses by a pediatric pain nurse researcher in a one-time training session. Participants' pediatric pain assessment knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy were assessed before and after the educational program, whereas the program's acceptability was assessed only after the training session. Wilcoxon signed-rank test was performed to evaluate changes in knowledge, attitudes, and self-efficacy following the educational program. Acceptability was presented using descriptive statistics. A Wilcoxon signed-rank test revealed that nurses' PPAKA scores significantly increased after participating in the educational program (z = -2.514,
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