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Pain and the administration of analgesia: what nurses say
Author(s) -
NASH ROBYN,
YATES PATRICIA,
EDWARDS HELEN,
FENTIMAN BELINDA,
DEWAR ANNE,
MCDOWELL JAN,
CLARK ROBERTA
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.94
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1365-2702
pISSN - 0962-1067
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-2702.1999.00228.x
Subject(s) - pain management , narcotic , medicine , focus group , nursing , administration (probate law) , medline , physical therapy , anesthesia , marketing , political science , law , business
• Pain of moderate to severe intensity continues to be an important problem for many hospitalized patients. • Nurses spend more time with patients than any other health professional group and have a key role to play in the management of patients' pain. • This paper reports the findings from a series of focus group interviews which were undertaken to explore nurses' perceptions regarding pain and the administration of narcotic analgesia. • Themes identified from participants' comments related to (1) the pivotal role of nurses in pain management; (2) nursing assessment and pain management decisions (3) individual factors influencing nurses' pain management decisions and (4) the influence of others on nurses' pain management decisions. • These findings have implications for further research and the development of innovative educational strategies.