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Evaluation of a nurse‐led acute pain service. Can clinical nurse specialists make a difference?
Author(s) -
Mackintosh Carolyn,
Bowles Sandra
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1997.1997025030.x
Subject(s) - nursing , medicine , service (business) , psychology , business , marketing
This paper attempts to identify the impact of a nurses‐led in patient acute pain service (APS) on three areas of concern; pre‐operative information, patients self reported levels of pain, and analgesics prescribed. It considers the results of a baseline survey carried out in 1992 And its replication in 1995, in an attempt to assess the impact this service may have had. Results appear to indicate some changes in all areas of concern, with significant reductions in reported levels of pain and patterns of analgesic prescribing between the two surveys. It there fore appears within the constraints of this type of study, that the work of the nurse‐led APS has had a significant impact on changing outcomes and improving quality of patient care.