Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Millions of people globally have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's impact on pain management nurses roles' remains unknown. ⋯ As the infectious variants of this disease evolve or other disastrous conditions occur, further changes to roles may occur. The skill sets of pain management nurses, including understanding assessment of pain across the lifespan, administration of opioids and multimodal analgesia, monitoring of patients, and communicating by educating and consultations, reinforce the significant contribution pain management nurses have as valued team members in times of crisis.
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This study evaluated the association between age, sex, comorbidities, cognition, and administration of opioids with pain and the impact of all of these variables plus function, agitation, resistiveness to care, and depression on quality of life among residents in nursing home with severe dementia. ⋯ The model did not have a good fit with the data which likely was due to the lack of variance in outcomes. The hypothesized paths, with the exception of opioid use, were significant.
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Harsh working conditions lead nurses to experience musculoskeletal discomfort and impair their professional quality of life. ⋯ The professional quality of life of the nurses experiencing musculoskeletal discomfort in their bodies was negatively affected. For example, as the musculoskeletal disorders increase, the levels of burnout and compassion fatigue, which constitute the quality of life, also increase.
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Depression has been associated with episodes of musculoskeletal pain. However, it is not clear whether such relationships could be mitigated according to the physical activity level. ⋯ During the COVID-19 pandemic, depression was associated with musculoskeletal pain in physically inactive participants.