Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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A task force of members of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) authored a position paper "Prescribing and Administering Opioid Doses Based Solely on Pain Intensity." Some of the authors of this ASPMN position paper presented a concurrent session at the September 2016 ASPMN National Conference discussing the content of the position paper. As a follow-up, the authors designed a research study to identify the impact of the position statement in facilitating change in institutional practice of dosing analgesics based solely on pain intensity. ⋯ Among those clinicians who participated in this study, the position paper "Prescribing and Administering Opioid Doses Based Solely on Pain Intensity" reportedly had minimal impact on changing institutional practices.