Pain can strike at any time and does care what your age, gender, race, etc.. It often pushes patients who are seeking relief to look for relief from many different sources including clinics, hospitals, physicians, magic pills, herbs, exercise, and prayer among others. Pain might even be considered the most common ailment and complaint of those seeking treatment in the United States and perhaps around the world. Pain can be acute (such as pain from a specific injury or surgery) or chronic. Chronic pain is considered persistent over time and is divided into two groups: cancer-related or non-cancer related. Evaluating how nurses treat chronic pain in hospital settings is an ever-increasing importance as it not only affects patient outcomes and satisfaction surveys, it can now adversely affect the funding stream of a clinic or hospital.
According to the American …show more content…
• did they received pain management education,
• to describe their perceptions of pain and pain medications after surgery.
Data were categorized based on surgical setting: surgery in a doctor’s office, outpatient clinic, unafiliated surgery center, or hospital. Percentages were calculated based on the number of patients who answered each question. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
Results in 2003, Apfelbaum (1) reported that 80 percent of surgical patients experienced acute pain after surgery, and 86 percent of those had moderate to extreme pain. Of 1,308 outpatients with metastatic cancer from 54 cancer treatment centers, 67 percent reported pain. (Cleeland) Of those who had pain, 62 percent had pain severe enough to impair their ability to function, and 42 percent were not given adequate analgesic
According to the American …show more content…
• did they received pain management education,
• to describe their perceptions of pain and pain medications after surgery.
Data were categorized based on surgical setting: surgery in a doctor’s office, outpatient clinic, unafiliated surgery center, or hospital. Percentages were calculated based on the number of patients who answered each question. Data were analyzed with descriptive statistics.
Results in 2003, Apfelbaum (1) reported that 80 percent of surgical patients experienced acute pain after surgery, and 86 percent of those had moderate to extreme pain. Of 1,308 outpatients with metastatic cancer from 54 cancer treatment centers, 67 percent reported pain. (Cleeland) Of those who had pain, 62 percent had pain severe enough to impair their ability to function, and 42 percent were not given adequate analgesic