The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

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 ...

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 ...

If healthcare professionals are to render an accurate diagnosis, it is essential that they are able to describe a patient’s symptoms accurately, aided by the use of diagnostic machines and techniques ...

Pain assessment in elderly nursing home residents can be a challenge, as over half of these individuals have dementia, and many are unable to self-report pain. Zwakhalen et al. conducted a systematic ...

Pain assessment and management in critical care is a multifaceted challenge that encompasses both the sensory and emotional dimensions of pain. In intensive care settings, patients frequently face ...

A study that evaluated the effect of measuring patient self-reported pain on an NRS did not improve the quality of pain management in a population of patients in a general internal medicine practice.

Pain often goes undiagnosed in people with learning disabilities, but a pain picture developed with the involvement of the person’s family is an effective pain assessment tool. This article comes with ...

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 ...

August 2, 2018 - Pain is a frequent problem for children with complex medical conditions -but many of them are unable to communicate their pain verbally. For these children, nurses face a challenging ...

A newly-published Cochrane review reveals significant gaps in the clinical rating scales used to assess pain in newborn babies, highlighting the urgent need for improved tools and global collaboration ...