ABSTRACT
Objective To investigate the establishment and application effect of Evaluation Form for Cancer Pain Nursing Quality Control. Methods Nursing quality control team was founded on account of the leadership of the superintendent of nursing department and the head nurse from department of pain clinic. The team consisted of eight nurses containing the head nurse from model ward of the standardized treatment for cancer pain and nurses from department of pain clinic. According to the criteria and content of on- site assessment of cancer pain standardized treatment demonstration unit, indexes for cancer pain nursing quality was made, combining with the management practice of cancer pain nursing. The quality indexes was divided into five one- class indexes which had a total score of 100 and 20 for each including pain assessment, cancer pain treatment, patient education, nursing ability and others. Each one- class index followed with two - level index. And the table was applied to the cancer pain standardized treatment demonstration unit. Results After application of the Evaluation Form for Cancer Pain Nursing Quality Control, the following items were improved compared with those before application: accuracy of pain assessment [97.22%(70/72)vs.90.28%(65/72)], correctness of nursing record [98.61%(71/72)vs.88.89%(64/72)], satisfactory rate of pain control [97.22%(70/72)vs.84.72%(61/72)], accurate usage rate of cancer drugs [100.00%(72/72)vs.88.89%(64/72)] , understanding rate of health knowledge of patients and their family members[100.00%(72/72)vs.80.56%(58/72)], satisfactory degree of patients and their family members with nurses [100.00%(72/72)vs. 88.89%(64/72)], χ2=4.71, 8.87, 10.86, 8.87, 18.00, 8.87, P<0.05 or 0.01. Conclusions Application of Evaluation Form for Cancer Pain Nursing Quality Control in management of cancer pain can improve the nursing quality of cancer patients.