Can we get it right? Barriers to effective acute pain management with opioid analgesics.
Acute pain management is a complex process that requires nurses to rethink current practices. This paper details the barriers confronting nurses as they attempt to provide effective, acute pain management. An exploration of these barriers reveals the misconceptions commonly associated with opioid analgesic use and factors affecting pain assessment.
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School of Postgraduate Nursing, University of Melbourne.
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D000208:Acute Disease; D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000451:nursing*
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid