Background: The role of pain education is well established in improving knowledge and attitude towards the adherence to pain asses s-ment and management. Methods: A brief pain education program was delivered to assess nurses' knowledge and attitude towards pain assessment and manage-ment. The "KASRP" scale was used at three phases; pre, post, and three months' follow-up phases. Subsequent eight months observation on using pain assessment sheets was also performed.
Results: One hundred and four nurses were assessed at the beginning, followed by 92 at the immediate post -test, and 70 at the follow-up. Although nurses scored lowest in having knowledge and attitudes prior to the program, a significant improvement was evident after de-livering pain education. In addition, nurses' competency in pain assessment was maintained over the three months of assessment. Young-er nurses with shorter clinical experience were found more reactive to the program than older nurses. Conclusions: A brief nurse-driven pain education has improved nurses' knowledge and attitude towards pain management .