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- Pain management is a crucial aspect of patient care, and nurses play a pivotal role in ensuring that patients are comfortable and receive effective pain relief. In this article, we will explore how nurses assess and manage pain, the different tools and scales used in pain assessment, and the types of analgesic medication used in pain management.
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This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team who are assessing and managing people with the presence or risk of any type of pain. We’ve designed this guideline to help nurses and their interprofessional teams become more…
Education about safe pain management will help prevent undertreatment of pain and the resulting harmful effects. Safety includes the use of appropriate tools for assessing pain in cognitively intact adults and cognitively impaired adults.
- Nancy Wells, Chris Pasero, Margo McCaffery
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- 2008
Aug 26, 2021 · Nurses need to know that assessment of pain includes patient knowledge of current situation, history of pain management, knowledge of various analgesic options, experience with nonpharmacologic modalities, and expectations for procedural related pain and preferences for analgesia.
There is a gap in the literature understanding the specific details of nurses’ struggles treating patients who need help with pain management. Methods: This qualitative descriptive study assessed nurses’ challenges with pain management to provide a comprehensive, low-inference summary of the data.
Mar 30, 2022 · Effective pain management requires nurses to undertake a structured assessment to identify the probable causes of pain and guide management. Interventions used to reduce pain can be varied and multimodal. This article provides an overview of pain including its definition, classifications, assessment and management.
Apr 11, 2019 · The holistic assessment and management of pain is important, as pain involves the mind as well as the body, and is activated by a variety of stimuli, including biological, physical, and psychological (Boore et al, 2016).
