Patient expectations for pain medication delivery

The Effects of Emergency Department Staff Rounding on Patient Safety and Satisfaction

“…Other studies have documented that staff explanations of health status and treatment, information provided to patients, prompt pain control methods, and the attitudes and interpersonal skills (including caring) of health care providers all significantly impact ED patient satisfaction (13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). Data from the largest ED satisfaction vendor in the United States reveal that the factors most important to patients in an ED are being kept informed about delays, the degree to which the staff care about patients as people, pain control, and nurses keeping patients and family informed about their treatment (19).…”

Patient preference for route of pain medication delivery

“…Little information exists on the pain management expectations and preferences of ED patients. Recent reports have documented that patients expect timely relief, and that these expectations do not vary between non-Hispanic whites and Hispanics (23,24). Beel et al have reported preferred routes of pain medication administration for patients with acute fractures (25).…”

Analgesic treatment in patients with acute extremity trauma and effect of training

“…[16,18] Çalışmamız literatürle karşılaştırıldığında, eğitim öncesi dö-nemde ortalama analjezi uygulama zamanının (ortalama 41.3 dk) diğer çalışmalara göre (ortalama 52-116 dk) belirgin olarak daha kısa olduğu tespit edilmiştir. [13,14,16,19,20] Wilson ve ark.nın [5] çalışmasında ilk bir saat içinde analjezi uygulananların oranı %33 iken bizim çalışmamızda %85.2 olarak bulunmuştur.…”