Management of pain is a top priority for nurses, which is appropriate because nurses spend more time with patients than any other healthcare professional does. Nurses must be prepared to adequately ...

You are a nurse practitioner in a nursing home. A staff member asks you to assess Mrs. B, a 90-year-old with mild dementia who is “not ...

There was no significant association between a nursing home’s ownership status and pain among residents living with dementia, according to a February study published in Pain Management Nursing.

The LTC facility must have in place a screening method for identifying pain--either by regularly asking residents if they are experiencing discomfort, or observing residents for specific behaviours ...

A recent study on chronic pain management for Canadian veterans has uncovered a critical flaw in decades of research: Not a single one examined the impact of sex or gender on treatment effectiveness.

Researchers at the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec, Canada, found children often receive substandard pain management care when treated in a nonpediatric emergency department, according to research ...

Two major developments in women's health have recently made news: less invasive alternatives to the pap smear — long considered “an uncomfortable but necessary evil” for cervical cancer screenings — ...

At the 11th Annual Spine, Orthopedic & Pain Management-Driven ASC Conference on June 13, Scott Glaser, MD, DABIPP, of Pain Specialists of Chicago discussed how pain management practices can approach ...

Hospitals with more nurses on staff and better nurse-patient communication tend to receive higher scores on patients’ satisfaction with pain management, according to new research. Hospitals with more ...

A recent study shows that pain tolerance during childbirth varies across cultures, and nurses need to be more aware of these differences. Lynn Callister, of the Department of Nursing, has researched ...

JERSEY CITY, N.J., Sept. 1, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — ITelagen, LLC, a leading provider of healthcare IT support and system administration has developed PainCare™, a series of Pain Management-focused ...

Hospital patients' satisfaction with pain management is linked to nurse staffing, according to an article authored by nurse researchers from the Connell School of Nursing at Boston College and ...