Nurses Role in Postoperative Pain Management
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This article explores articles published between January 2001 and March 2019 on the importance of nurses’ role in pain management, in order to apply knowledge from previous researches both at domestic and global, and able to be used in the care of patients after surgery to reduce pain. Findings revealed that most of the available research paints a negative picture of pain assessment and management in the surgical ward. However, there is evidence of positive developments in clinical practice that have the potential to improve the patient’s experience in postoperative pain management.
This study recommended the nurses’ role in pain management in response to discomfort and pain of patients by focusing on patient-centered care. It is various in their capacity to comprehensively assess, monitor, and maintain depending on the patient's conditions apply to relieve pain in inappropriate ways. As well as the nursing skill in pain management might be developing the nursing guideline approaches to help their patients in pain as the other context.
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