Pain, Postoperative - Nursing
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Pediatric nurses' thinking in response to vignettes on administering analgesics.

29 Sep 2009 Pediatric nurses are not administering available and recommended analgesics to hospitalized children after surgery. This descriptive study was conducted to examine 30 pediatric nurses' thinking-in response to case study vignettes-about pain ... Read more...

Pain assessment and management in patients after abdominal surgery from PACU to the postoperative unit.

30 Jul 2009 The aim of this exploratory study was to determine the effectiveness of pain relief for surgical patients (N = 52) in transition from the PACU to the postoperative unit. The study also explored whether there was an association between a verbal ... Read more...

A review of the incidence, causes, consequences, and management of gastrointestinal effects associated with postoperative opioid administration.

30 Jul 2009 Opioid analgesics are commonly used to manage moderate to severe postoperative pain. Classic mu-opioid receptor agonists, such as morphine, meperidine, and fentanyl, provide excellent analgesia. However, their use in the postoperative setting is ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Pain, Postoperative - Nursing'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Pediatric nurses' thinking in response to vignettes on administering analgesics. 29 Sep 2009
• Low-dose ketamine infusion for postoperative pain management. 30 Jul 2009
• Pain assessment and management in patients after abdominal surgery from PACU to the postoperative unit. 30 Jul 2009
• A review of the incidence, causes, consequences, and management of gastrointestinal effects associated with postoperative opioid administration. 30 Jul 2009
• [Nurse's experience of using music therapy to relieve acute pain in a post-orthopedic surgery patient] 30 Jul 2009
• [Postoperative use of injectable morphine] 29 Jun 2009
• Influences on nurses' scoring of children's post-operative pain. 30 May 2009
• The COMFORT behavioural scale and the modified FLACC scale in paediatric intensive care. 29 Apr 2009
• [Incident involving the prescription of ketamine outside the operating room] 30 Mar 2009
• Ethical challenges in pain management post-surgery. 27 Feb 2009
• Pilonidal sinus disease. 30 Jan 2009
• [Impact of a pre-operative mobilisation program using the Viv-Arte training model based on kinesthetic mobilisation on mobility, pain, and post-operation length of stay of patients receiving an elective medial laparotomy: a prospective, randomised, controlled pilot study] 30 Jan 2009
• [Total knee replacement pain management: enhancing nursing instructions to patients] 30 Jan 2009
• Pain assessment and management in surgical nursing: a literature review. 30 Jan 2009
• Managing posttransplantation pain syndromes. 30 Jan 2009
• Pain expression in the perioperative period: insights from a focus group of Somali women. 25 Dec 2008
• Barriers to, and facilitators of post-operative pain management in Iranian nursing: a qualitative research study. 29 Nov 2008
• Post-operative pain. 29 Nov 2008
• Does the perceived importance of a pain management task affect the quality of children's nurses' post-operative pain management practices? 29 Nov 2008
• Parent/nurse-controlled analgesia for children with developmental delay. 30 Oct 2008

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Technical information about 'Pain, Postoperative'

Definition: Pain during the period after surgery.

Descriptor UI: D010149

Alternative terms: Pain, Postoperative; Postoperative Pain; Postoperative Pains;

Allowable Qualifiers: congenital; diagnosis; diet therapy; drug therapy; economics; embryology; enzymology; ethnology; etiology; genetics; history; immunology; metabolism; microbiology; mortality; nursing; epidemiology; parasitology; pathology; physiopathology; prevention & control; psychology; radiography; radionuclide imaging; radiotherapy; rehabilitation; surgery; therapy; urine; veterinary; ultrasonography; virology; blood; cerebrospinal fluid; chemically induced; classification; complications;

Tree Number: C23.550.767.700; C23.888.646.530;

History Note: 74

Technical Notes: DF: PAIN POSTOP or POSTOP PAIN