Oncology Nursing Certification: Relation to Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes About Pain, Patient-Reported Pain Care Quality, and Pain Outcomes
Susan L. Beck, PhD, APRN, AOCN®, FAAN; Jeannine M. Brant, PhD, RN, AOCN®, FAAN; Rebecca Donohue, PhD, FNP-BC, AOCN®, APNG; Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, PhD, APN-BC, AOCN®; Gail L. Towsley, PhD; Patricia H. Berry, PhD, RN, ACHPN®, FPCN, FAAN; Jia-Wen Guo, PhD, RN; Sharifa Al-Qaaydeh, MS, RN; Marjorie A. Pett, MStat, DSW; and Gary Donaldson, PhD
ONF
10.1188/16.ONF.67-76
Description
Design: Prospective, correlational survey design. Patients were nested within nurses.
Setting: Six inpatient oncology units in three hospitals: St. Vincent Healthcare in Billings, Montana; Norris Cotton Cancer Center at the Dartmouth–Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire; and Huntsman Cancer Hospital in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Sample: 91 nurses in three states (28 OCN®-certified nurses, 37 noncertified nurses, and 26 not eligible for certification). Certification status was validated for 105 nurses who were matched with a sample of 320 patients.
Methods: Nurses completed a survey, and matched adult patients who were experiencing pain rated their pain care quality and pain experience during the past shift.