title: Evaluating an educational approach to improve pain assessment in hospitalized patients.
abstract: Pain assessment is a multifaceted process. A common assumption is that all nurses have the same baseline knowledge about pain, a potentially erroneous assumption that influences clinical practice. Nurses have varied experiences in education and pain management. This article describes a research project conducted by the hospital's clinical nurse specialist group to evaluate the effects of a nursing education program on pain assessment and pain management of hospitalized patients in an 841-bed academic medical center.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina Baptist Hospital of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. tmichae@wfubmc.edu
authors.forename: Teresa King
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Michaels
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hubbartt
authors.forename: Suzanne A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Carroll
authors.forename: Diane
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hudson-Barr
mesh_terms: D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D002983:Clinical Competence / Q000592:standards; D003479:Curriculum; D004282:Documentation / Q000592:standards; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009657:North Carolina; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009731:Nursing Audit; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000592:standards; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000193:education*; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000451:nursing / Q000592:standards*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D015397:Program Evaluation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017749:Total Quality Management