title: The Social Organization of Nurses' Pain Management Work in Qatar.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to explore the social organization of nurses' pain management work in Qatar. The research data drew our attention to unacceptable delays in intervening with patients in pain. We describe and analyze delays in opioid administration. Institutional ethnography was the method of inquiry used to guide the study. The main findings of the study reveal that there is a socially organized system of delays built into nurses' work to manage pain. Nurses are subject to time-consuming processes of securing, handling, and administering opioids. This study's innovative approach introduces a promising "alternate" analysis to prior work investigating hospital nurses' pain management practices. Both the method of inquiry and the findings have international relevance for researchers interested in undertreated pain.
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary-Qatar, Doha, Qatar; Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar. Electronic address: ksyassin@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Khadra
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yassin
authors.affiliation: University of Calgary-Qatar, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rankin
authors.affiliation: Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar.
authors.forename: Atef
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al-Tawafsheh
mesh_terms: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004335:Drug and Narcotic Control; D006801:Humans; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D016134:Organizational Policy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000451:nursing*; D011780:Qatar; D061665:Time-to-Treatment
chemical_list: D000701:Analgesics, Opioid