Pain management: a practical approach to nursing education.
This article describes a program that provides a practical approach to educating staff nurses in pain management. The content is appropriate for adult patients across all clinical specialties. Pain assessment and commonly used analgesic and adjuvant medications are provided in nine educational sessions lasting 10 to 20 minute. Each presentation topic is prepared in Microsoft Power Point in three versions: slides, notes, and handouts.
University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy, Kingston, USA.
Margaret S
MS
Wacker
Jayne
J
Pawasauskas
D000328:Adult; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009511:New England; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010146:Pain / Q000451:nursing*