Knowing and practice situations of nurses on non-pharmacological methods and in pain management

Knowing and practice situations of nurses on non-pharmacological methods and in pain management Aim: This research was made descriptive research for determine knowing and practice situations of nurses on non-pharmacological methods in pain management. Material and Methods: This research was made between june 2014-may 2015. Gümüşhane, Kelkit and Şiran state hospital which connected to public hospitals unity. This research's universe is 224 nurses who work in hospitals connected to Gümüşhane public hospitals unity. Without using any sample method the entire universe was taken. The research completed by 181 nurses. İn obtaining data, the personal information and non-drug methods form in pain management formed by researcher in accordance with literature knowledge was used. The datas obtained between december 2014-january 2015 and in weekdays by going relevant hospitals by face to face interwiew technique. İn the analysis of the data used number, percent, arithmetic mean, chi-square, Standard deviation, pearson chi-square, t-test and mann whitney-U tests. Results: The average age of the nurses was 28.01±6.48(min18-max55), %83.4 were women, %42.5 were graduate degree, %61.9 worked in Gümüşhane state hospital, %27.1 worked in built-in clinics. İt was determined %62.1 use pharmacological and non- pharmacological methods together and mostly non-drug methods as massage, hot and cold applications, nutritional theraphy, music theraphy and healing through prayer method are known and practiced. Conclusions: For the development of the knowledge and practices related to non-drug methods in pain management could be suggested that in the nursing curriculum must be contained non drug methods courses, regulation of in-service training activities in the hospitals and the courses for non-drug methods that require special training. Key Words: Nursing, Pain Management, Non--pharmacological methods, Knowing, Practice