Congruence of pain assessment between nurses and emergency department patients: a replication.
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Emergency Department, Our Lady's Hospital, Navan, Co. Meath, Ireland. martin.duignan@hse.ieIssue Date
2008-01Keywords
EMERGENCY MEDICAL CAREPATIENT
MeSH
AdultAttitude of Health Personnel
Attitude to Health
Bias (Epidemiology)
Clinical Competence
Clinical Protocols
Cross-Sectional Studies
Curriculum
Emergency Nursing
Female
Health Services Needs and Demand
Humans
Ireland
Male
Nursing Assessment
Nursing Audit
Nursing Evaluation Research
Nursing Methodology Research
Nursing Staff, Hospital
Pain
Pain Measurement
Questionnaires
Severity of Illness Index
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Congruence of pain assessment between nurses and emergency department patients: a replication. 2008, 16 (1):23-8 Int Emerg NursPublisher
International emergency nursingJournal
International emergency nursingDOI
10.1016/j.ienj.2007.09.003PubMed ID
18519050Additional Links
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18519050Abstract
To ascertain congruence between patients' self-report of pain intensity and nurses' assessment of their pain intensity.This study adopted a replication methodology which aimed to ascertain congruence between patients' self-report of pain intensity and nurses' assessment of their pain intensity. Raw statistical data was analysed using SPSS for windows.
This study supports the findings of the original US study that emergency nurses frequently underestimate patients' pain intensity. However, this study also found incidents where nurses accurately assessed their patients' pain intensity, and incidences of overestimation.
This study illustrates underestimation of patients' pain intensity by emergency nurses which is both clinically and statistically significant.
Implications for nursing practice include a need for assessment of patients' pain intensity, the development of pain management protocols, and increased emphasis on education in both undergraduate and postgraduate nursing curricula. Also there needs to be continued clinical audit of pain management standards.
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1755-599Xae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.ienj.2007.09.003