fa بررسی تاثیر کارگاه آموزش سنجش درد بر دانش، نگرش و عملکرد پرستاران بیمارستان ولی‌عصر(عج) اراک General پژوهشي Research Article <div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;"><strong>Background and Aim: </strong>A major reason for lack of pain control is inadequate training and skills of the staff. Nursing is intervened in order to provide patients with more comfort and pain control. Nurses can maximize the control of patient&#39;s pain through pain assessment. In this line, this study aimed to investigate the effects of pain assessment workshop on the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses working in Valie-Asr Hospital of Arak.<br> <strong>Materials and Methods: </strong>This quasi-experimental study was done on 80 nurses in the operation, orthopedics, emergency, and burn wards of Valie-Asr Hospital of Arak. The tools included demographic, knowledge, and attitude questionnaires and practice observational checklist. Validity of the tools was evaluated using content validity, and their reliability was assessed by test-retest (for the knowledge questionnaire), Cronbach&#39;s Alpha (for the attitude questionnaire), and interrater reliability (for the observational checklist). Intervention occurred during four 45-minute-long sessions for nurses. The knowledge and assessment questionnaires were completed by nurses, and the checklists by the researcher&rsquo;s colleague for the second time. Data were analyzed in SPSS (version 16) by paired t-test and Pearson.<br> <strong>Results:</strong> Scores means of knowledge increased from 9.2 &plusmn; 99.7 to 5.2 &plusmn; 71.13, of attitude from 5.7 &plusmn; 9.22 to 6.7 &plusmn; 5.37, of practice concerning asking the patient questions from 4 &plusmn; 3.8 to 5.4 &plusmn; 1.16 and practice concerning using pain assessment tool from 7.1 &plusmn; 7.1 to 8.1 &plusmn; 3.5. (p&le;0.001).<br> <strong>Conclusion: </strong>Pain assessment workshop can be effective on enhancing the knowledge, attitude, and practice of nurses. Therefore, periodical training, provision of pain assessment equipment, and proper policies and procedures for monitoring and evaluating pain assessment can be effective.</span></span></div> Pain assessment,Knowledge,Attitude,Practice,Nurses,Education 183 191 http://mcj.bums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1-554&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Pouran varvani Farahani پوران وروانی فراهانی No Instructor, Pediatrics Education Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran مربی گروه آموزشی کودکان، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اراک. اراک، ایران Davood Hekmat pou داود حکمت پو Yes Ph.D. in Nursing, Assistant Professor, Medical-Surgical Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Iran. Email: dr_hekmat@arakmu.ac.ir داود حکمت پو، گروه آموزش داخلی - جراحی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اراک. اراک، ایران. تلفن: 08634173645 پست الکترونیک: dr_hekmat@arakmu.ac.ir Maryam Saeedi مریم سعیدی No Instructor, Master of Medical Education, Medical-Surgical Department, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran مربی گروه آموزشی داخلی - جراحی، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اراک. اراک، ایران soheila shamsikhani سهیلا شمسی خانی No Instructorr, Master of Psychology Education, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Arak University of Medical Sciences, Arak, Iran مربی گروه آموزشی روان، دانشکده پرستاری و مامایی دانشگاه علوم پزشکی اراک. اراک، ایران