The Effect of Training Given to Nurses Caring for Patients Receiving Palliative Care on Pain Management Self-Efficacy

The Effect of Training Given to Nurses Caring for Patients Receiving Palliative Care on Pain Management Self-Efficacy

The goal of this quasi-experimental research designed as a single-group pre-test post-test model is to evaluate the effect of an educational intervention aimed at improving the pain management self-efficacy of nurses providing care to palliative patients on their pain management self-efficacy. The main question it aims to answer is "Does pain management training given to nurses caring for palliative patients improve pain management self-efficacy?". The study sample consisted of nurses providing care to palliative patients. Participants will receive training on "Pain Management in Palliative Care Patients" prepared by the researchers. The training will be given online via Zoom by Nurse Beste Aykaç Özbir, one of the researchers. The training will consist of 4 separate 50-minute sessions with 10-minute breaks, totaling 4 hours over one day.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Working as a nurse and providing care to palliative care patients
• Voluntarily agreeing to participate in the research
• Participating in all surveys before, immediately after, and two weeks after the education
• Answering all questions on the survey forms completely
• Attending the entire education

Exclusion Criteria:

• Refusal to participate in the research
• Failure to participate in at least one of the surveys before the training, immediately after the training, and two weeks after the training
• Providing incomplete answers to questions on the survey forms
• Dropping out of the training and not attending all of it