title: Perioperative nursing and acute pain management.
abstract: This article explores the broader aspects and opportunities available to perioperative nurses in the field of pain management. It will help to develop nurses' insight into how perioperative nurses can develop their role in pain management. In turn this will benefit patients' service provision and enhance nurses' career pathways.
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009733:Nursing Diagnosis; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing*; D013527:Perioperative Nursing / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends; D012308:Risk Management; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D017749:Total Quality Management; D006113:United Kingdom