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Showing 1 to 20 of 41 for “"Pain medication"”.
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Pain medication management : a quality improvement DNP project
Problem: Medication administration errors (MAEs) related to pain management remain a significant patient safety concern in hospital settings. A safety event involving opioid overmedication requiring naloxone at a community hospital prompted a root cause analysis. Findings identified inconsistent …
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Improving Pain Reassessment within One Hour Following the Administration of Pain Medication
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Pain has been identified as the main reason why patients go to the hospital and are hospitalized. Pain reassessment following administration of pain medication is vital to pain management. This project was conducted in a 24-bed stand-alone inpatient psychiatric facility in an …
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Use of the Patient Whiteboard to Improve Communication of Pain Medication Schedule
… <p>Despite advances in treatment, pain remains a significant problem in healthcare today. Sub-optimal pain management results in poor patient outcomes and patient satisfaction, culminating in decreased quality of life and financial loss for the health care facility. An important …
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Additional Validation of the Pain Medication Questionnaire in a Sample of Patients with Chronic Pain
… screen tool used for assessing potential pain medication misuse risk. This study follows previous studies of Adams and colleagues (2004) and Holmes and colleagues (2006). The Pain Medication Questionnaire (PMQ), initially a 26-item instrument, was studied as a 23-item questionnaire …
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An Evaluation of the Predictive Validity of the Pain Medication Questionnaire With a Heterogeneous Group of Chronic Pain Patients
The Pain Medication Questionnaire (PMQ) was initially developed by Adams and colleagues (2004) as a 26-item self-report assessment to screen for opioid medication misuse. The PMQ has demonstrated good reliability and validity, and was predictive of early termination from treatment and identified …
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The effects of rocking chair motion on postoperative ileus duration, subjective pain, pain medication use and time to discharge following abdominal surgery
… duration of time to first flatus, subjective pain, total pain medication received and time to discharge. The hypotheses tested were there were no differences in duration of time to first flatus indicating resolution of POI, subjective pain, total pain medication received and time to discharge …
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The Effects of Pre-Transplant Music Therapy on Distress, Quality of Life, Pain, Anxiety, Mood, and Pain Medication Use for Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant
… of pre-transplant music therapy on distress, pain, anxiety, mood, quality of life (QOL), and pain medication use during the preparation period for hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT). Distress, the primary outcome, was measured via the Distress Thermometer. QOL was assessed with the …
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Recognising, assessing & treating pain in dementia: the experiences of caregivers
Background & Aim: Pain presents a major challenge for people with dementia (PwD)and their caregivers. This thesis aimed to investigate the experiences of informal caregivers (IFCs) and care home(CH) staff supporting PwD, exploring how they recognise, assess, and treat pain among this population. …
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Improving the HCAHPS Score for Pain Well Controlled
… California Hospital. As observed on this unit, pain was not well controlled and this caused the HCAHPS (Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems) score for ‘pain well controlled’ to be low. Hence, this project sought to address the underlying reasons why pain was not well …
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Preoperative Teaching and its Relationship to Postoperative Recovery
… group of patients would require less pain medication, develop fewer complications and have a shorter length of hospital stay.</p> <p>A total of one hundred patients who had intra-abdominal surgery were included in the study, fifty in each group. The experimental group consisted of …
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Virtual reality as complementary treatment after spinal fusion
… each year nationwide. The amount of opioid pain medication used can affect the outcomes, patient satisfaction, and quality of recovery. In this project, emphasis was placed on implementing and using non-pharmaceutical interventions to assist in the management of postoperative pain. Purpose: …
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Effects of an Online Meditation-Based Intervention Compared to an Attention-Controlled Group on Chronic Pain Outcome among Nurses: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study
… central to healthcare, are experiencing chronic pain and stress, which affects their personal and professional lives. Due to multiple roles, they lack time to practice self-care. Purpose To evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of conducting an online, asynchronous, three-week, double-blind, …
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A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effect of Distant Reiki on Pain after Non-emergency Caesarean Section and the Effect of CYP2D6 Variation on Codeine Analgesia
Codeine-containing medication is commonly used for pain after c-section. In most people, 10% of codeine is biotransformed into morphine by the Cytochrome P450 enzyme 2D6 (CYP2D6). Individuals who convert up to 50 fold more codeine into morphine, ultrarapid metaboizers, are at a greater risk for …
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Assistive Intervention in the Characterization of Muscle Activity During Bed Rising and Assessment of Self-Perceived Recovery Measures for Abdominal Surgery Patients in Postoperative Care
… self-perceived recovery measures and usage of pain medication between patients in the control (n = 8; age, 34.0 ± 6.3years) and device (n = 7; 40.7 ± 12.4) groups. A total of fifteen female participants undergoing either abdominal hysterectomy (n = 6) or Cesarean-section (n = 9) procedures were …
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A behavioral intervention to reduce presurgical anxiety
… Scale, a recovery inventory, and postsurgical pain ratings. Physiological measures consisted of pulse, respiration, blood pressure, skin temperature, and blood lactates. Recovery variables were taken on amount of pain medication taken, number ·of days in the hospital, · vomiting, and …
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Coping strategies of ambulatory burn patients during daily dressing changes
… by ambulatory burn patients for management of pain during dressing changes. The sample consisted of 136 ambulatory burn patients (N = 136) who attended an outpatient Burn Clinic at a Southwestern medical center. Coping strategies were measured using the Coping Strategies Questionnaire …
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Association Between Health-Related Perceptions and Treatment Outcomes in an Interdisciplinary Pain Management Program
… treatment recommendations, specifically chronic pain treatment, is a particular area of importance in the elderly. It has been suggested that patient beliefs/perceptions play a role in treatment outcome, and the current study seeks to further explore this relationship in order to determine the …
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HEALTH EQUITY IN PAIN MANAGMENT DURING THE OPIOID EPIDEMIC: HOW STEREOTYPES, RACISM, BIAS HARM VULNERABLE POPULATIONS
… populations. These patients deserve proper pain control. In 2021, the CDC stated 75,673 people died in the United States from opioid overdose. Because of this, the medical community has an obligation to treat every patient equally and fairly regardless of their skin color or background. With …
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Effects of duration of selected music as an intervention on postoperative pain in open-heart surgery patients during chair rest on the first postoperative day
… of selected music on reducing postoperative pain and use of pain relief medications in open-heart surgery patients during chair rest on the first postoperative day.</p> <p> This study was conducted using a pretest-posttest experimental design. A convenience sample of 13 open-heart surgery …
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