Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Practice in Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management.
Despite readily available evidence to guide practice, children continue to experience moderate to severe pain in hospital postoperatively. Reasons for this may include attitudes of nurses toward pain management and their lack of knowledge in key areas. ⋯ Nurses have knowledge deficits about pediatric pain management and do not always use their knowledge in practice, particularly in relation to pain assessment. There is a need to improve nurses' knowledge of pediatric pain management and to test interventions that support the use of that knowledge in practice.
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Postoperative pain management is an ongoing challenge in surgical care, during which inadequate relief can contribute to postoperative complications, and nurses are key figures in this process. The aim of the present study was to gain knowledge of how nurses provide postoperative pain management for women undergoing major surgery for endometriosis. ⋯ There is a need to develop a new and more practice-oriented postoperative pain management, in ways that also integrate the patient experience.
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In the United States, chronic pain is experienced by over 39.4 million adults, many of whom are treated with opioid pain medications. ⋯ Explication of and interpretive commentary on these patterns shift the focus from drug seeking to pain relief seeking behaviors in chronic pain sufferers. Such a shift could change the manner in which providers work with chronic pain sufferers to find appropriate treatment modalities.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study
A Randomized, Single-Blind Study Evaluating the Effect of a Bone Pain Education Video on Reported Bone Pain in Patients with Breast Cancer Receiving Chemotherapy and Pegfilgrastim.
Mild-to-moderate bone pain is the most commonly reported adverse event associated with pegfilgrastim. ⋯ The bone pain-specific education evaluated here did not improve perceptions of bone pain reported in this patient population.
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Clinical Trial
The Effect of Exaggerated Lithotomy Position on Shoulder Pain after Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy.
The exaggerated lithotomy position with the expertise of nurses can be successful solution for the patients who have the postoperative shoulder pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy. ⋯ In this study the exaggerated lithotomy position was found to be fast and effective for relieving shoulder pain after laparoscopic cholecystectomy, decreased the need to use additional analgesics and opioids, and, in conjunction with pain control, also contributed to improvements in respiratory functions.