Does Pain Behavior Influence Assessment of Pain Severity?

CONTEXT: Nurses are involved in assessment of pain in most clinical settings. Pain continues to be underestimated and undertreated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study assessed the rating of pain severity by nurses who observed the two case scenarios using role plays. The data were computed and freque...

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Autores principales: Desai, Geetha, Chaturvedi, Santosh K, Krishnaswamy, Lalitha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014
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Original Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130001/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25125870
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.132634
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description CONTEXT: Nurses are involved in assessment of pain in most clinical settings. Pain continues to be underestimated and undertreated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study assessed the rating of pain severity by nurses who observed the two case scenarios using role plays. The data were computed and frequency distribution was derived. RESULTS: Majority of the nurses underrated the pain and based their ratings on various factors. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to increase the awareness among nurses about comprehensive assessment of pain for better management.
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spelling pubmed-41300012014-08-14 Does Pain Behavior Influence Assessment of Pain Severity? Desai, Geetha Chaturvedi, Santosh K Krishnaswamy, Lalitha Indian J Palliat Care Original Article CONTEXT: Nurses are involved in assessment of pain in most clinical settings. Pain continues to be underestimated and undertreated. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This study assessed the rating of pain severity by nurses who observed the two case scenarios using role plays. The data were computed and frequency distribution was derived. RESULTS: Majority of the nurses underrated the pain and based their ratings on various factors. CONCLUSIONS: It is important to increase the awareness among nurses about comprehensive assessment of pain for better management. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2014 /pmc/articles/PMC4130001/ /pubmed/25125870 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0973-1075.132634 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Palliative Care http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Does Pain Behavior Influence Assessment of Pain Severity?
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4130001/
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