• Pain Manag Nurs · Jun 2000

    Pain management: an organizational commitment.

    • M Ryan, D A Ambrosio, C Gebhard, and J Kowalski.
    • Nurse Practitioner Program, Adelphi University, School of Nursing, Garden City, NY, USA. ryan@adlibv.adelphi.edu
    • Pain Manag Nurs. 2000 Jun 1; 1 (2): 34-9.

    AbstractAlthough much has been done to promote pain assessment and management, pain remains a major, yet largely preventable, public health problem in the United States. A strategy that has been proposed to assure optimal pain management is the development of formal means within institutions to evaluate pain management practices and foster improved outcomes. In response to a pain-related patient care problem, South Nassau Communities Hospital recognized the need to undertake more formal methods for managing patients with acute, chronic, and cancer pain. A Pain Management Task Force was charged with the development of a comprehensive pain management program. Its efforts to date and plans for the future position this institution as ready for the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' pain assessment and management standards that were introduced in 2000.

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