Jennie De Gagne, associate professor, recently published an article entitled "Development and evaluation of a web-based acute pain management education program for Korean registered nurses: A randomized controlled trial" in Nurse Education in Practice. Co-authors include Jebog Yoo of Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Hye Jin Kim of Yonsei University Health System and Juyeon Oh of Seoul Women's College of Nursing. 

Abstract

The aim of this randomized controlled trial was to develop a web-based acute pain management education program for nurses and to evaluate its effectiveness. The developed program consisted of a total duration of 400 min with eight modules and 29 topics in pain management. Fifty nurses from the post-anesthesia care unit in two university-affiliated hospitals in Seoul, Korea were randomly assigned to either the experimental group (n = 25) or the control group (n = 25) and a total of 46 nurses, 23 for each group, completed the pre and post-tests. The pre and post-tests were performed to evaluate the changes of the nurses' knowledge, attitude, and self-efficacy regarding acute pain management. The experimental group showed a significant increase in knowledge and in self-efficacy about pain management compared to the control group (u = 389.0, p = .006; u = 360.0, p = .030, respectively). The results support the effective use of these web-based modules as part of a continuing education program on pain management for nurses working in an acute care setting. The findings of this study can be the basis for the development of evidence-based guidelines and training tailored to the Korean culture and similar settings.