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DOI: 10.1016/j.pmn.2012.08.003
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Nurses' Beliefs and Self-Reported Practices Related to Pain Assessment in Nonverbal Patients

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“…There is an urgent need for education and sensitization of all health care providers regarding accurate pain assessment and appropriate pain management (Wysong, 2014). An artful combination of empowerment, reinforcement, and monitoring can ensure optimal pain management, which is necessary for holistic care, especially among patients who are postoperative, expecting a prolonged hospital stay, and cannot verbalize their pain.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…There is an urgent need for education and sensitization of all health care providers regarding accurate pain assessment and appropriate pain management (Wysong, 2014). An artful combination of empowerment, reinforcement, and monitoring can ensure optimal pain management, which is necessary for holistic care, especially among patients who are postoperative, expecting a prolonged hospital stay, and cannot verbalize their pain.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Because clinical implementation involves the use of a tool in real patients, it is important to establish specific targets and methods to achieve them. Tracking nurses’ use and documentation of the tool via audits and providing data-based feedback at the unit and user level are some ways to assess uptake and adherence 6,34,35,41,62,69 .…”
Section: Key Factors In Selecting Pain Assessment Toolsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They are considered at higher risk for under-recognized and under-treated pain, unnecessary suffering, or over-treated pain 4,5 . Recent evidence suggests that while nurses have beliefs about pain assessment and management in non-communicative patients that reflect the American Society for Pain Management Nursing’s prevailing clinical practice recommendations 4 , their knowledge and reported practices are not always commensurate with these recommendations 6 . The goal of palliative care in any clinical setting is to improve quality of life for patients who are facing life-threatening illness or injury by relieving pain, other symptoms, and psychosocial suffering, even when death is not the anticipated outcome.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…In addition, studies indicate gaps in the knowledge about pain of the nursing team on critical care units 37 - 39 , which makes this study even more important.…”
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confidence: 99%