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Prescriptive Theory of Acute Pain Management in Infants and Children
Author(s) -
Huth Myra Martz,
Moore Shirley M.
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.1998.tb00206.x
Subject(s) - acute pain , medicine , pain management , medical prescription , psychological intervention , pain assessment , physical therapy , nursing , anesthesia
P urpose . To present a middle‐range nursing theory of acute pain management that provides direction for practice and research. CLIENT POPULATION. Patients from 6 months to 12 years old who have acute pain. CONCLUSIONS. The potential of the proposed theory, Acute Pain Management in Infants and Children, is to assist nurses in managing clinical pain and to expand the knowledge and research base in children's pain. PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. To provide clinicians with prescriptions for pain reduction and a conceptual basis for pain interventions. Statement and theory testing are needed to determine adequacy of this theory for infants and children experiencing acute pain.