Educating registered nurses in pain knowledge and documentation management

Educating registered nurses in pain knowledge and documentation management: a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN81992130

Enrollment

Registered

2020-06-18

Start date

2017-04-18

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2022-10-17

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Conditions

RNs' postoperative pain knowledge and documentation Not Applicable

Interventions

In this study, RNs work in three selected surgical wards. Before the study, the researchers coordinate with the units’ nursing managers in order to bring the RNs to the training space. The RNs’ shifts

then those four groups again are randomly placed into two groups (intervention and control groups). The participants are unaware of the allocation until the intervention. The research

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: The researchers implemented the study on a single day in April 2017 between 12 am and 16 pm. On that day, all of the nursing staff working on the morning or evening shifts constituted the study population (N=50) in three surgical wards.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not working in the intervention day in three selected surgical wards, other profession than RN

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Pain knowledge measured using the Acute Postoperative Pain Knowledge Test© pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 3 months	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Pain documentation assessed using documentation audit pre-intervention, post-intervention, and at 3 months	—

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026