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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 - September 5, 2016 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Mackintosh-Franklin Tags: Review Source Type: research

Pain Assessment and Management in Critically Ill Older Adults
Older adults comprise approximately 50% of patients admitted to critical care units in the United States. This population is particularly susceptible to multiple morbidities that can be exacerbated by confounding factors like age-related safety risks, polypharmacy, poor nutrition, and social isolation. The elderly are particularly vulnerable to health conditions (heart disease, stroke, and diabetes) that put them at greater risk of morbidity and mortality. When an older adult presents to the emergency department with 1 or more of these life-altering diagnoses, an admission to the intensive care unit is often inevitable. Pa...
Source: Critical Care Nursing Quarterly - June 4, 2015 Category: Nursing Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research

EBN resources page
SIGN Apps for iPhone and Android phonehttp://itunes.com/apps/signguidelines The app for the Apple and Android phones and tablets contains reference guides (QRG) of SIGN guidelines. The app has recently been updated to include our suite of coronary heart disease (CHD) Guidelines:97 Risk estimation and the prevention of cardiovascular disease 96 Management of stable angina 95 Management of chronic heart failure 94 Cardiac arrhythmias in coronary heart disease 93 Acute coronary syndromes (updated February 2013) In addition, navigation of the app has been improved with category listings of guidelines. The content is enhanced w...
Source: Evidence-Based Nursing - June 6, 2013 Category: Nursing Authors: Noble, E. b. H. Tags: Diarrhoea, General practice / family medicine, Immunology (including allergy), Drugs: infectious diseases, Drugs: cardiovascular system, Drugs: CNS (not psychiatric), Neurological injury, Pain (neurology), Stroke, Trauma CNS / PNS, Paediatric oncology, Op Source Type: research