Pain: a content review of undergraduate pre-registration nurse education in the United Kingdom
Pain is a global health issue with poor assessment and management of pain associated with serious disability and detrimental socio economic consequences. Pain is also a closely associated symptom of the three major causes of death in the developed world; Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke and Cancer. There is a significant body of work which indicates that current nursing practice has failed to address pain as a priority, resulting in poor practice and unnecessary patient suffering.Additionally nurse education appears to lack focus or emphasis on the importance of pain assessment and its management.
Source: Nurse Education Today - Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Mackintosh-Franklin Tags: Review Source Type: research
More News: Cancer | Cancer & Oncology | Cardiology | Coronary Heart Disease | Disability | Education | Health | Heart | Heart Disease | Nurses | Nursing | Pain | Pain Management | Stroke | Universities & Medical Training