Comparisons of Pain Ratings From Postoperative Children, Their Mothers, and Their Nurses.

From: Pediatric Nursing | Date: March 1, 1996| Author: | Copyright information

Purpose: To identify whether nurses and mothers of pediatric patients accurately assess the child's pain intensity as determined by the child.

Method: A descriptive correlational design examined the perception of pain from a nonrandom convenience sample of 20 postoperative school-aged children, their mothers, and their nurses. A 100 mm visual analogue scale was completed by all participants at 3 separate observations. Pearson's Product Moment Correlation was used to analyze relationships between the dyads.

Findings: The mother/child dyad showed significant relationships at observations ...

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