Promoting Effective Pain Assessment: A Quality Improvement Project
This project found that expanding nurses' knowledge about pain assessment (t = 8.03, p < 0.001) resulted in increased adherence to national standards for pain management, including better charting practices. The pain assessment documentation rate increased from 18% to 29%.
Authors
- Dorothie S Durosier Mertilus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8519-1787)
Institutions
- Krankenhaus Düren (DE)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical journal of oncology nursing
- Published
- 2025-03-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1188/25.cjon.144-150
- Primary Topic
- Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00