Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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AIM: This pilot study assessed the feasibility and impact of integrating a Life Care Specialist (LCS) into orthopaedic trauma care. ⋯ The findings indicate feasibility to integrate LCS into orthopaedic trauma care, evident by participant engagement and satisfaction, and that LCS serve as valuable resources to assist with pain management and opioid education.
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This systematic review was conducted to determine the effect of parental presence on the child's pain intensity during invasive procedures. ⋯ Parental presence and parental involvement during invasive procedures effectively reduced the children's pain levels. Since the number of studies with a high level of evidence regarding the effect of family participation on pain level is limited, it is recommended to conduct more randomized controlled studies.
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Low back pain is the worldwide leading cause of disability and, even though women's pain experience is more severe, frequent, and enduring, female patients are often underdiagnosed and undertreated. Health professionals' gender stereotypes and social norms may underlie the downgrading of pain. ⋯ Both sexism and gender role ideology could undermine the legitimation of low back pain, the willingness to offer support, and credibility only in female patients. The results showed a possible gender bias in low back pain assessment in health professionals. Low gender sensitivity and high sexism must be treated as modifiable risk factors for health inequities in pain care.
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Understanding cultural perception of pain and determining the methods used for pain management contribute to the assessment of the pain experienced by nursing students. ⋯ Nursing students generally use massage, warm shower, and herbal tea drinking for pain management. The psychologic belief scores of those who applied these traditional methods of pain reduction were high.
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The opioid crisis has changed the culture and expectations of pain management, elevating the importance of nonpharmacologic pain interventions (NPIs) into multimodal pain management programs. Little is known about use of NPIs in hospitalized patients. ⋯ Results suggest that patients and nurses may benefit from education about using NPIs in acute care. Nurses have a critical role influencing positive pain-related outcomes, and tablet technology can enhance patient use of NPIs during hospitalization.