Oncology Nurses' inferences of patients' pain

A descriptive, nonexperimental study using a mailed-out questionnaire surveyed 85 Oncology Nursing Society members to determine variables that may affect inferences of patient pain, i.e., nurse’s age, number of years in nursing, number of years in oncology nursing, specialty area within oncology and patient age, sex, and type of illness/injury. The questionnaire incorporated a demographic data sheet and The Standard Measure of Suffering (Davitz & Davitz, 1981), which consisted of 36 patient situations. Data were analyzed, using the subjects’ pain scores, for seven research questions. Nurses perceived: females having more pain than males, middle and younger age groups having more pain than the older group, and patients with trauma or infection having more pain than cancer patients. Nurse’s age, number of years in nursing, number of years in oncology nursing, and specialty area within oncology were found not to be significantly related to perception of patient pain.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

Master

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Nursing

Grantor

Texas Woman's University

Year dc:date.issued

1983

Author dc:creator

• Weyland, Jane

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Adamson, Carol

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Vokaty, Donna
• Wolf, Lorraine

• Patient pain
• Oncology nursing
• Pain assessment

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

https://hdl.handle.net/11274/13133

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:twu-ir.tdl.org:11274/13133