title: Geriatric pain competencies and knowledge assessment for nurses in long term care settings.
abstract: Pain in older adults is a prevalent problem that affects quality of life and challenges nurses, particularly those caring for older adults living in long term care settings. Despite the national priority of pain management, insufficient knowledge of nurses about geriatric pain is a documented barrier to effective geriatric pain management in all long term care settings. To address this knowledge gap, a website (GeriatricPain.org) was developed by the National Geriatric Pain Collaborative with a grant from the MayDay Fund to provide a single site for evidenced-based, easy-to-use, downloadable resources on pain management. This paper describes the development of the most recent addition to the website, a set of evidence-based core geriatric pain management competencies and a geriatric pain knowledge assessment, and discusses their potential uses in improving pain care for older adults.
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd. SN-ADM, Portland, OR 97239-2971, USA. Electronic address: kristenswafford@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Kristen L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Swafford
authors.affiliation: Oregon Health & Science University, 3455 SW US Veterans Hospital Rd. SN-ADM, Portland, OR 97239-2971, USA.
authors.forename: Lois L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Keela
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Herr
authors.affiliation: University of Iowa, USA.
authors.forename: Chris
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Forcucci
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, USA.
authors.forename: Anne Marie L
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Kelly
authors.affiliation: University of California, Davis, USA.
authors.forename: Debra
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bakerjian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002983:Clinical Competence; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019359:Knowledge; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011594:Psychometrics; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Competencies; Competency assessment tool; Education; Pain