Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Review Meta Analysis
Effects of Nurse-Led Pain Management Interventions for Patients with Total Knee/Hip Replacement.
A literature review was conducted to assess nurse-led nonpharmacologic pain management interventions intended for total knee/hip replacement patients. ⋯ Nurse-led nonpharmacologic pain interventions should be considered to reduce patient pain with total knee/hip replacement.
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Best approaches to delivering patient education related to pain management and opioid safety are understudied. ⋯ Implementing app-based pain management education is feasible across clinic settings and is well received by patients. Clinics should consider providing pain education across care setting, rather than just pain specialty clinics, to help foster discussions between clinicians and patients regarding pain management and opioid safety.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
A More Comfortable Method of Skin Prick Testing in Children Ages 0-2 to Decrease Symptoms of Pain.
Skin prick testing (SPT) is the best initial diagnostic method for individuals of all ages who have potential allergies. ⋯ Recent breastfeeding before SPT is correlated with less crying by possibly reducing the perceived pain of children ages 0-2.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Decreasing Pain and Fear in Medical Procedures with a Pediatric Population (DREAM): A Pilot Randomized Within-Subject Trial.
Many children with injuries, including burns and fractures, experience moderate to severe pain during medical procedures. Recent studies claim that nonpharmacologic pain management using virtual reality (VR) could distract children from procedural pain by engaging multiple senses. ⋯ VR is a promising intervention with children undergoing painful procedures because it is immersive and engages multiple senses. It is a low-cost intervention well accepted by children and nursing staff at this clinical site and is easy to implement in daily practice for procedural pain management.