title: Lessons learned in implementing a staff education program in pain management in the acute care setting.
abstract: With the release of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain Guidelines from the federal government, many healthcare agencies will be instituting programs to improve pain management. The authors describe a pilot project in acute pain management that did not yield desired results. On the basis of this experience and through a review of the literature, information is provided to staff development educators about problems and issues in planning and executing a program in pain management using structure, process, and outcome as a framework.
authors.affiliation: Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, State University of New York at Buffalo, New York, USA.
authors.forename: K G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Wallace
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Graham
authors.forename: M R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Ventura
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Burke
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D016730:Program Development