Nursing Education for the Acute Care Nurse on Pain Mechanisms of Sickle Cell Disease.

Background It is unknown whether nurses' knowledge about pain among patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) reflects the current standard of care. The authors evaluated changes in nurses' knowledge and simulated practice behavior after a continuing education program. Method Inpatient nurses completed an e-learning program on SCD pain; a pretest and a posttest with the same 10 questions; and two patient cases with four pain intervention options at the posttest.