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Pain scoring as a formal pain assessment tool

21 May 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

The working party report by the Royal College of Surgeons and The College of Anaesthetists (1990) concluded that the management of pain after surgery was...

Orthopaedic patients’ reporting of pain management

05 August 1998

Nursing Standard

Pain management

Throughout medical institutions there has been a rapid growth in pain clinics and pain relief services in the past 30 years. Despite this rise in the awareness of...

Controlling breakthrough pain in palliative care

04 November 1998

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article challenges the common practice of boosting the syringe driver as a means of controlling breakthrough pain. The authors offer some guidelines for good...

Using acupuncture to manage pain

01 September 2007

Primary Health Care

Clinical

Pain is highly subjective and sometimes extremely difficult to alleviate, and pain management in a clinical setting can be complex. But there are many alternative...

Intravenous paracetamol in patients with renal colic

10 February 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and opioids have been the mainstay of pain relief in patients with renal colic, but both have side effects. Research on the...

Urgent treatment of patients with intestinal obstruction

08 April 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

This article reviews the management in emergency departments of acutely unwell patients with intestinal obstruction. It describes the diagnostic tests and management...

Comparison of splinting and casting in the management of torus fracture

05 February 2014

Emergency Nurse

Art & Science

Torus, or buckle, fractures are unique to, and common in, children, but their treatment varies by hospital protocol and practitioners’ preference. This article...

Managing mastitis in the emergency department

10 October 2011

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Mastitis is a common clinical condition and, although not exclusive to lactating mothers, most patients with the condition seen by clinical staff fall into this...

Improving parental first-aid practices

12 June 2012

Emergency Nurse

Feature

Every day, children present to emergency departments (EDs) with injuries sustained at home, school and elsewhere. In the authors’ experience, little, if any,...

How informal carers cope with terminal cancer

16 April 1997

Nursing Standard

Clinical

Although caring is not necessarily a negative experience (Dawson 1991, Grant and Nolan 1993), it is undoubtedly stressful (Nolan et al 1990). In the light of...

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