The purpose of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitudes of oncology ward nurses toward cancer pain management and to find ways to improve the educational program for nurses.
METHOD:
A total of 209 nurses working at the oncology ward of three hospitals in Seoul and a Gyenggi Province. The survey instrument used was the 32-item scale for evaluating nursesknowledge and attitudes originally developed by McCaffery and Ferrell'(1990), that was by Kim'(1997).