Journal article
Nurses' perceived barriers to optimal pain management in older adults on acute medical units
Abstract
Nurses' perceptions of barriers preventing optimal pain management in older adults on acute medical units and the extent to which they perceived they had adopted four evidence-based practices related to pain assessment and management were often incongruent with actual practice. Eliciting reports of pain, offering pro re nata pain relief regularly, utilizing pain assessment tools in patients with cognitive impairment, redesigning documentation …
Authors
Coker E; Papaioannou A; Kaasalainen S; Dolovich L; Turpie I; Taniguchi A
Journal
Applied Nursing Research, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 139–146
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
8 2010
DOI
10.1016/j.apnr.2008.07.003
ISSN
0897-1897