Implementing a Pain Management Program in a Long-Term Care Facility Using a Quality Improvement Approach

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 67-73

  Leone, Andres F ^a   Standoli, Francesco ^a   Hirth, Victor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

long term facility; pain assessment; Pain management; pain scales

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID PLUS DIPYRIDAMOLE; ANALGESIC AGENT; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; HYDROCODONE BITARTRATE PLUS PARACETAMOL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; KETOROLAC; MORPHINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PENTAZOCINE; PERCOCET; PETHIDINE; PREDNISONE; SALCATONIN; SORBITOL; TRAMADOL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COLOMBIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE MARKER; ELDERLY CARE; GASTROINTESTINAL PAIN; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZATION; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAFF TRAINING; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TOOTH PAIN; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

EID: 57849094953     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.003     Document Type: Article

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