Pain assessment aims to determine pain intensity and quality. An evidence-based guideline on pain assessment in nursing homes was developed to support residents and informal caregivers in archiving an adequate pain assessment prerequisite to pain treatment. AIM :The residents' guideline presents key ...
Pain Assessment for Older Persons in Nursing Home Care: An Evidence-Based Practice Guidelinedoi:10.1016/j.jamda.2019.08.002Erika SirschAlbert LukasCorinna DrebenstedtIrmela GnassMarjan LaekemanKirsten KopkeThomas FischerGuideline workgroupJ Am Med Dir AssocJournal of the American Medical Directors ...
Four themes identified an underlying uncertainty in assessing residents' pain, the staff relationship-centered approach to pain assessment, the resident cues that alert staff to pain, and residents' characteristics important to the nursing assessment. Composition of focus groups made a difference in ...
A questionnaire was used to elicit whether pain assessment had been performed and what kind of instrument had been used last time. The cognitive status was also assessed. Based on these data, we determined for each resident whether a self- or proxy-rating instrument had been applied, ...
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assessment results and patients complained pain afer laparoscopic surgery,in order to grasp the situation of patient 's perception of pain,to provid effective nursing.Methods:100 cases treated with laparoscopic from March 2012 to December 2013.All used pain assessment scale(NRS)score,total of 11 ...
An improvement in the caregivers’ knowledge of pain assessment and management is also necessary in the care of older adults. We note some limitations of this study. First, the results may not be generalizable to all older urban Chinese adults given the unique societal and cultural factors at ...
Acute Painrelated to tissueischemiaas evidenced by statement of “I’m experiencing intense, sharppainin my chest!” Impaired Physical Mobilityrelated to muscleweaknessas evidenced by difficulty inmovingindependently, and client stating “I feel too weak to move on my own.” ...
This was complemented with interview data from nurses in Stage 2.Sample Population (subjects):For the first part of Stage 1, data were collected retrospectively from nurses' documented accounts of pain assessment and intervention over the first three postoperative days for 100 patients in a major ...
Critical thinkingis key in patient assessment, integrating knowledge across sciences and professional guidelines to inform evaluations. This process, crucial for complex clinicaldecision-making, aims to identify patients’ healthcare needs effectively, leveraging a supportive environment and reliable information...