A Textbook Case of Nurses' Deficiency in Pain Management, End-of-Life Care
May 1, 2002 | Program Result Report
The City of Hope National Medical Center led an effort to improve nursing education in pain and end-of-life care.
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Initial Psychometric Properties of the Pain Care Quality Survey (PainCQ)
December 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A new tool measures interdisciplinary and nursing care quality of pain management from a patient's perspective.
Documentation of Pain Care Processes Does Not Accurately Reflect Pain Management Delivered in Primary Care
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
This article examines how well the documentation of pain care in a primary care setting reflects patient reports of pain care. Current quality initiatives strive to improve the quality of pain care in the medical system, but are hampered by a lack of information on how well pain and pain care is documented.
Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management
March 1, 2010 | Journal Article
A new approach to measuring pain management enhances methods for examining the effects of nursing on patient outcomes and can improve understanding of how nurses make a difference in the lives of individuals with pain.
Racial Discrimination and Racial Identity Attitudes in Relation to Self-Rated Health and Physical Pain and Impairment Among Two-Spirit American Indians/Alaska Natives
April 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This study examined associations between racial discrimination and actualization, defined as the degree of positive integration between self-identity and racial group identity, and self-rated health and physical pain and impairment.
Frequency of Mastalgia Among Women Veterans
March 1, 2006 | Journal Article
Mastalgia (breast pain) is common at the start of the menstrual period, however, some women experience extended, noncyclic mastalgia. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and frequency of mastalgia and its relation with psychiat ...
Timing in the Communication of Pain Among Nursing Home Residents, Nursing Staff, and Clinicians
July 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Pain is common among nursing home residents and a key 1990 study found that greater than 70 percent of residents reported pain. In the last 10 years, research has addressed various barriers to pain relief. This new study examined the communication o ...
Measuring the Contributions of Nurses to High-Value Health Care
May 18, 2011 | Program Result Report
Creating a set of measures that would make the connection between what nurses do and the quality of care patients receive and studying their implementation in hospitals.
Death is Certain, Strategy Isn't
January 1, 2010 | Journal Article
RWJF spent two decades working on end-of-life issues in the United States. Through multiple partnerships and collaborations, the field of end-of-life care underwent significant change and improvement.
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care
October 15, 2009 | Program Result Report
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care was a program to identify, promote and institutionalize care practices that allow seriously ill people and their families to approach the end of life in physical, psychological, spiritual and emotional comfort.