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Medical AI Inquiry: You was designed to assist in medical decision-making based on the provided user questions. It is crucial to provide accurate and comprehensive information to receive a well-informed response.  Labels: BACKGROUND, METHODS, RESULTS. Meshes: Adult, Analysis of Variance, Boston, Curriculum, Education, Nursing, Continuing, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasms, Oncology Nursing, Pain, Preceptorship.
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Is hands-on experience more effective than didactic workshops in postgraduate cancer pain education? Context: This study examined the nurse outcomes of a cancer pain education program for nurses of patients from 11 different ethnic groups. Four hundred ninety six home, hospital, and hospice nurses participated in a one-day workshop or two half-day workshops on cancer pain assessment and management. Of these, 116 were randomized to participate in a bedside-precepted visit with an oncology nurse specialist with pain specialization and a focus group to discuss attitudinal issues. Eighty-six nurses served as controls. Pre-, post- and one-year follow-up tests were administered. Attitudes, knowledge, and application skills significantly improved for workshop-only and enriched-model nurses relative to controls.
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For postgraduate nurses, daylong cancer pain education workshops were, in the group studied, as effective as hands-on experience in improving cancer pain knowledge and changing attitudes. Both the workshop-only and the enriched-model nurses relative to controls had significantly improved knowledge and changed attitudes towards optimal pain management.