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Pain assessment in critical care: what have we learnt from research
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posted on 2003-06-01, 00:00 authored by K Shannon, Tracey BucknallTracey BucknallDespite an ongoing acknowledgement in the literature that pain is a significant problem within the critical care environment, this issue has not been adequately addressed by critical care nurses. This paper examines strategies for changing pain management practices in critical care, including reviewing documentation practices, the utilisation of guidelines and algorithms to augment clinical decision making, and increasing educational opportunities available to critical care nurses. It is recommended that pain assessment be given a higher priority within the clinical context, particularly as inadequate pain assessment and management has been linked to increased morbidity and mortality within critical care. Importantly, critical care nurses need to not only be aware of research-based pain management practices, but also lead the way in implementation and continuous evaluation as a measure of decreasing patient pain in the future.
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Intensive and critical care nursingVolume
19Issue
3Pagination
154 - 162Publisher
Churchill LivingstoneLocation
Edinburgh, ScotlandPublisher DOI
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0964-3397eISSN
1532-4036Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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