Post operative pain is an expected adverse outcome following surgery and it often delays mobilization and overall recovery. Acute post operative pain is subjective and cannot be measured directly. The objective of this study was to determine nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management. A cross sectional study was conducted in surgical wards and the Intensive Care Unit of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre from February to April 2008. A 28 item questionnaire which comprised of two domains: knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management was used. Eighty four respondents successfully responded to the study. Twenty respondents (25%) possessed high level, 58 respondents (69%) possessed moderate level and 5 respondents (6%) had low knowledge level of post operative pain management. Positive attitude towards post operative pain management was reported by 66 respondents (78.5%). There was a significant relationship between nurses’ academic qualifications and attitude towards post operative pain management (χ² =29.96, p <0.05). In conclusion, nurses in UKMMC possessed moderate level of knowledge and positive attitude towards post operative management. Results of this study show the need to enforce continuing medical education in pain management amongst UKMMC nurses in enhancing the quality of post operative care.

Introduction: Diabetic footcare programme is essential for type II Diabetes Mellitus patients to improve quality of life as well as to prevent diabetic foot complication. The study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of diabetic footcare programme towards quality of life among type II Diabetes Mellitus patients in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre (UKMMC), a tertiary centre. Methods: This is a quasi-experimental one group pre-test and post-test design, done in the orthopedic ward and out-patient medical clinic for a period of 1 year . The participants received a structured footcare education titled as “Diabetes Footcare” and a pamphlet of footcare. The Nottingham Assessment of Functional Footcare (NAFF) and Diabetes Quality of Life (DQoL) Brief Clinical Inventory were used to assess the outcomes before and one month after the programme. Data was analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics using SPSS version 23. Results: A total of 37 participants was involved. Total score of foot care was improved between pre-test (M = 1.32, SD = .474) and post-test and (M = 1.94, SD = 0.229). There were four subscales in quality of life; satisfaction with treatment, impact of treatment, worry about future and social/vocational worry. The result showed there was a statistically significant difference between pre-test and post-test of foot care (M = 1.94, SD = 0.229, p<0.001) and quality of life (M = 61.94, SD = 5.264, p<0.001). However, foot care was not associated with quality of life. Conclusion: The diabetic footcare programme improves the footcare behaviour and quality of life of type II DM patients.