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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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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
- 2008/04
- 2008
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.
Nov 1, 2016 · Nurses can manage patients’ pre-existing chronic pain, or likely post-operative pain, by working collaboratively with patients, their carers or families where appropriate, and the multidisciplinary team.
May 21, 2018 · In hospitals, efficient pain care given by nurses is warrented because pain prevalence in the previous 24 hours has been reported to be high. This study aims to clarify nurse’s experiences with pain management as a specific responsibility added to their regular clinical duties.
Aug 26, 2021 · Abstract. Throughout the life span procedures are common within health care and have the potential to cause pain. Nurses have an ethical responsibility involving the care of people with pain.
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.
