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Pain assessment and cognitive impairment: part 1

01 December 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

People with cognitive impairment are often unable to inform others of their pain. Nurses need to be able to assess pain in cognitively impaired adults so that...

Pain assessment and cognitive impairment: part 2

08 December 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Aim To evaluate the use of a tool for pain assessment in cognitively impaired adults. Method A multi-dimensional tool was implemented and evaluated in relation to...

Using the Oucher Scale

01 April 2001

Paediatric Nursing

Clinical

A long-standing issue within paediatric pain management has been the difficulty of objectively assessing pain in children (Zacharias and Watts 1998). Some of the...

Treatment of superficial wounds and management of associated pain

01 May 2008

Primary Health Care

CPD

Superficial wounds usually result from trauma and can be extremely painful. This article discusses the treatment of superficial wounds as well as the assessment and...

The convergent validity of the manchester pain scale

01 April 2005

Emergency Nurse

Clinical

Objective To test the convergent validity of the Manchester pain scale when compared to the current ‘gold standard’ in children’s pain assessment, the Oucher pain...

Introduction of a pain assessment tool in a cancer centre: an action research approach

01 September 2002

Cancer Nursing Practice

Clinical

The aim of this research project was to develop and pilot a pain assessment tool in clinical practice. This tool should assist nurses to assess pain, plan and...

Nursing and supporting patients with chronic pain

24 January 2006

Nursing Standard

Learning zone continuing professional development

Nurses in all settings are likely to be working with patients in chronic pain on a regular basis. Although there is much information available about chronic pain,...

Selection of pain measurement tools

10 December 2003

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Although pain measurement tools have been available for a number of years their reliability and validity cannot be presumed because none holds...

Assessing pain in cognitively impaired older adults

02 June 2004

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

Background Accurate assessments of pain help healthcare professionals to identify its source and manage it appropriately. Pain in cognitively impaired older adults...

Nursing and supporting patients with chronic pain

18 January 2006

Nursing Standard

CPD

Nurses in all settings are likely to be working with patients in chronic pain on a regular basis. Although there is much information available about chronic pain,...

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