Pain management nursing practice assessment in older adults with dementia
Minaya-Freire, Alícia (Universitat de Vic)
Subirana-Casacuberta, Mireia (Parc Taulí Hospital Universitari. Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí (I3PT))
Puigoriol-Juvanteny, Emma (Universitat de Vic)
Ramon-Aribau, Anna (Universitat de Vic)
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Date:	2021
Abstract:	To assess pain management nursing practice in older adults with dementia through electronic health records (EHR). Retrospective study. Data were collected from EHR related to pain management in older adults with dementia treated at the Acute Geriatrics Unit (AGU) of a university hospital in early 2018. EHR related to the pain of 111 patients were reviewed. Pain intensity was assessed at admission in 88% of patients and a median of 1. 9 times per day of stay. A disproportionate number of the assessments (39%) occurred during the late shift. A median of 1 drug per day was administered. Pain was recorded in 28% of patients' care plans, and non-pharmacological interventions were recorded in 12%. In conclusion, exist variability in pain management nursing practice in older adults with dementia. Admission diagnosis correlated with the analgesic administration schedule, the number of drugs administered and the number of pain nursing annotations.
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject:	Acute care ; Comfort ; Dementia ; Nurses ; Nursing care ; Pain management
Published in:	Nursing Open, Vol. 8 (april 2021) , p. 3349-3357, ISSN 2054-1058

DOI: 10.1002/nop2.880
PMID: 33826237

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