Add to ORKGAbstract OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of a pain toolkit to improve pain management. BACKGROUND: The World Health Organization and Joint Commission state effective pain management is a basic human right. METHODS: Patients’ ratings of pain management on a 25-bed orthopedic/neurology unit three months before and after implementation of a toolkit were compared. The toolkit included bedside report, care board, purposeful hourly rounding, pain algorithm, pain status indicator, and complex pain interventions. The data are comprised of patient responses to the following Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems survey questions: pain control and staff’s help with pain. RESULTS: There was st...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is predominantly managed in primary care, although often ineffectively. The...
Objective. Collaborative quality improvement programs have been successfully used to manage chronic ...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowThe Pain Resourc...
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain affects millions of Americans. Our Whole Lives, an electronic health (eHeal...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Background: Many patients have memories of pain during intensive care unit stay. To improve pain man...
Background: Effective pain management is a fundamental human right. However, global disparities in p...
The aim of this project was to improve pain documentation on the Surgical Unit as a means to enhance...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is predominantly managed in primary care, although often ineffectively. The...
Objective. Collaborative quality improvement programs have been successfully used to manage chronic ...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
Problem and Purpose: Nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain have been identified as a barrie...
To access publisher's full text version of this article click on the hyperlink belowThe Pain Resourc...
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain affects millions of Americans. Our Whole Lives, an electronic health (eHeal...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
Background: Many patients have memories of pain during intensive care unit stay. To improve pain man...
Background: Effective pain management is a fundamental human right. However, global disparities in p...
The aim of this project was to improve pain documentation on the Surgical Unit as a means to enhance...
Pain, and the appropriate treatment of it, has recently come to the forefront of issues addressed wi...
BACKGROUND: Chronic pain is predominantly managed in primary care, although often ineffectively. The...
Objective. Collaborative quality improvement programs have been successfully used to manage chronic ...