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Newborns often experience pain from routine medical and surgical procedures, with limited nurses\u2019 knowledge and suboptimal practices posing common obstacles to effective neonatal pain management in hospital settings. Hence, this study aimed to evaluate nurses\u2019 knowledge and practices related to neonatal pain management and the factors influencing them in public hospitals in West Oromia, Ethiopia, in 2022.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted among 203 nurses working in public hospitals in West Oromia from 8th May-6th June 2022. Data was gathered using structured, self-administered questionnaire and sampled through simple random sampling. The collected data were coded and entered into a computer using Epi-Data version 4.6 Statistical Software. They were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS; IBM Corporation) version 26. Binary logistic regression was used to identify significant independent variables at <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.05.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Findings<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>In this study, 127 (62.6%) exhibited adequate knowledge, while 33 (16.3%) nurses demonstrated good practice in neonatal pain management. Attending lectures or receiving training about neonatal pain management was found to be significantly associated with nurses\u2019 knowledge of neonatal pain management [AOR, 2.31, 95%CI; 1.29\u20134.27]. On the other, having adequate knowledge of neonatal pain management [AOR, 3.3, 95%CI; 1.14\u20139.32]; the presence of a pain management policy in place [AOR, 5.44, 95% CI; 1.92\u201315.37] and attending lectures on neonatal pain management [AOR, 2.55, 95% CI; 1.09\u20135.97] were found to be significantly associated to nurses\u2019 practices.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>Given the substandard level of nurses\u2019 practice in neonatal pain management. It is suggested to enhance the nurses\u2019 knowledge and practice about neonatal pain management by providing refreshment courses, training sessions, or facilitating nurses\u2019 opportunity access to reading resources about neonatal pain management.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1186\/s12912-024-01972-3","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,9]],"date-time":"2024-05-09T10:02:50Z","timestamp":1715248970000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/springer_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":5,"title":["Nurses\u2032 knowledge and practice about neonatal pain management in public hospitals in West Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022: multi-centered cross-sectional study"],"prefix":"10.1186","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Wandimu Muche","family":"Mekonen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Addis Bilal","family":"Muhye","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Mengistu Berhanu","family":"Gobeza","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"297","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,5,9]]},"reference":[{"issue":"9","key":"1972_CR1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1976","DOI":"10.1097\/j.pain.0000000000001939","volume":"161","author":"SN Raja","year":"2020","unstructured":"Raja SN, Carr DB, Cohen M, Finnerup NB, Flor H, Gibson S, et al. 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