Myths and fears about pain-relieving drugs
Article Abstract:
Patients in hospital and the community often fail to obtain appropriate analgesic treatment, but there are strategies to reduce this occurrence. Nurses should ensure that they do not give an impression of being too busy to be bothered with patients experiencing pain, and they can consider other forms of drug administration for those patients who dislike injections or rectally-administered drugs. Nurses should ensure that patients understand why pain relief is important in promoting mobility, and nurses may be able to offer helpful information to patients who experience drug side-effects.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Structural barriers to pain control
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Effective pain control is often mismanaged in the hospital setting, but nurses can make a positive contribution by changing procedures. Patients often fail to obtain analgesia due to the belief that they should not trouble nurses because they are too busy. Nurses can take measures to change this perception. Continual pain assessment would remove the barrier of associating the receipt of analgesia with the drugs round, and the removal of rituals associated with drug delivery, including a requirement for two nurses to check drug administration, would speed up drug administration.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1997
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Pain-free states
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The University of Washington Hospital, Seattle acute pain service emphasises the role of the clinical nurse specialist. The service aims to improve post-operative pain control through patient controlled analgesia, to conduct research and apply new methods. The team is responsible for pain assessment and interventions. The CNS is specifically responsible for coordinating patient care, nursing education and liaison between departments. However, policies on the nurse's role in the United Kingdom need to be clarified for successful introduction of the American model.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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