Journal article
The nurse practitioner role in pain management in long‐term care
Abstract
AIM: This paper is a report of a study exploring the perceptions of long-term care team members and nurse managers about barriers and facilitators to optimal use of nurse practitioners to manage residents' pain in long-term care settings.
BACKGROUND: Considering the high rates of pain in long-term care, research is needed to explore innovations in health-services delivery, including the emerging nurse practitioner role.
Authors
Kaasalainen S; Martin‐Misener R; Carter N; DiCenso A; Donald F; Baxter P
Journal
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 66, No. 3, pp. 542–551
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
March 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05206.x
ISSN
0309-2402