Nurses ’ Pain Assessment Practices for Cognitively Intact and Impaired Older Adults in Intensive Care Units

Conclusion: Our study results showed that the majority of participant nurses felt that the use of pain assessment tools for cognitively intact and impaired older adult ICU patients to self-report is somewhat not at all important. This study also reported that nurses perceived themselves as the individuals who accurately rate the pain in cognitively intact patients, followed by the patients themselves.Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord Extra 2022;12:115 –121
Source: Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders Extra - Category: Geriatrics Source Type: research