Tanya Lord, BSc, RGN, RM, is staff nurse, day-bed suite, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh Pain management has become a priority at Edinburgh's Western General Hospital since a patient survey ...

BackgroundThis research topic focuses on addressingthe pressing questions surrounding pain assessment in older adults, a ...

The provision of culturally sensitive pain assessment can be guided by models of culturally competent care. The LEARN model is a mnemonic for five guidelines: Listen, Explain, Acknowledge, Recommend ...

Accurate assessment of acute pain is essential for the development of an effective pain management plan. Nurses play a pivotal role in the assessment of pain, owing to the nature of their relationship ...

Discover how gender bias impacts women’s pain care and learn strategies to improve assessment, diagnosis and treatment plans.

To determine the reliability of an objective measure of pain, agitation and sedation using the Neonatal Pain, Agitation and Sedation Scale (N-PASS) compared with nursing bedside assessment. The ...

Despite awareness that pain is common in nursing home residents, there has been minimal attention focused on how this pain changes over time. A new study presents compelling evidence of the existence ...

New York (MedscapeWire) Apr 25 — Widespread and undertreated pain has been found to persist in elderly nursing home patients, according to a study by researchers from Brown University in Providence, ...

Nursing home care providers were able to more smoothly adopt evidence-based pain management guidelines when they had the support of pain management champions, a study in Sweden has found. A pain ...