Evaluating an educational approach to improve pain assessment in hospitalized patients.

نویسندگان

  • Teresa King Michaels
  • Elizabeth Hubbartt
  • Suzanne A Carroll
  • Diane Hudson-Barr
چکیده

Pain assessment is a multifaceted process. A common assumption is that all nurses have the same baseline knowledge about pain, a potentially erroneous assumption that influences clinical practice. Nurses have varied experiences in education and pain management. This article describes a research project conducted by the hospital's clinical nurse specialist group to evaluate the effects of a nursing education program on pain assessment and pain management of hospitalized patients in an 841-bed academic medical center.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Journal of nursing care quality

دوره 22 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007