Journal article
The effectiveness of a nurse practitioner-led pain management team in long-term care: A mixed methods study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Considering the high rates of pain as well as its under-management in long-term care (LTC) settings, research is needed to explore innovations in pain management that take into account limited resource realities. It has been suggested that nurse practitioners, working within an inter-professional model, could potentially address the under-management of pain in LTC.
OBJECTIVES: This study evaluated the effectiveness of implementing a …
Authors
Kaasalainen S; Wickson-Griffiths A; Akhtar-Danesh N; Brazil K; Donald F; Martin-Misener R; DiCenso A; Hadjistavropoulos T; Dolovich L
Journal
International Journal of Nursing Studies, Vol. 62, , pp. 156–167
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
10 2016
DOI
10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.07.022
ISSN
0020-7489