title: [Pain management by nursing teams: exploratory research in 9 wards of the Vaud University Hospital Center (CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland) 2].
abstract: Using both nursing documents and verbal reports as well as client interviews, the authors review pain management by nursing teams in 9 wards of a university hospital. The results were obtained using descriptive and inferential analyses. Looking at each situation from three different view-points reveals the absence of a systematic approach to the reporting and evaluation of pain and the usage of a sometimes very vague language. In addition, the preponderance of medically-oriented interventions in the reports considerably overshadowed the autonomous nursing role. The authors propose a basic structure for pain reporting which should help to improve its overall management.
authors.affiliation: Unité de recherche Chantepierre, Lausanne.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bécherraz
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Desaulles
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: van Melle
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Braissant
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D001294:Attitude to Health; D005260:Female; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013557:Switzerland