Assessment of the implementation of a nurse-initiated pain management protocol in the emergency department.
Rev Bras Enferm
; 74(3): e20201303, 2021.
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em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34161508
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
to assess the implementation of a nurse-initiated pain management protocol for patients triaged as semi-urgent, and its impact in pain intensity, in the Emergency Department.METHODS:
a prospective cohort study for adult patients with pain who had been triaged as semi-urgent and admitted to the hospital's Emergency Department. Patients who received the intervention (pain-management protocol with analgesic administration) were compared to those who were managed using the conventional approach (physician evaluation prior to analgesic administration).RESULTS:
of the 185 patients included, 55 (30%) received the intervention, and 130 (70%) were managed conventionally. Patients in the intervention group were more likely to have taken pain medication in the 4 hours prior to admission, and reported higher levels of pain at admission and more significant reductions in pain level.CONCLUSIONS:
despite low protocol adherence, the intervention resulted in higher reported pain relief.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Serviço Hospitalar de Emergência
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Manejo da Dor
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev Bras Enferm
Ano de publicação:
2021
Tipo de documento:
Article