Improving Nurses’ Knowledge and Comfort in Managing Pain in Cancer Patients A Process Improvement Project

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Improving Nurses’ Knowledge and Comfort in Managing Pain in Cancer Patients A Process Improvement Project

Deneault, Jennifer - Dissertation

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title: Improving Nurses’ Knowledge and Comfort in Managing Pain in Cancer Patients A Process Improvement Project

creator: Deneault, Jennifer

subject: Dissertations, Academic.

description: Background: Symptom management is essential to the quality of cancer care. The goal of cancer care is to have interventions available to ensure that the patient is as comfortable as possible during the trajectory of their disease. Providing effective pain relief requires the use of evidence-based interventions to prevent unnecessary suffering. Purpose: The purpose of this process improvement project was to provide education to nurses to address knowledge gaps that were identified through the administration of The Knowledge and Attitudes Survey on Cancer Pain (Ferrel & McCaffery, 2014). The goal was to provide education and resources that would allow the nurses to deliver a higher quality of patient care.Conclusion: The use of the education intervention was designed to address the barriers of effective pain management of cancer patients through increasing the nurses’ knowledge and comfort when assessing pain and administering opioids. Through this process improvement project nurses were able to identify their own knowledge deficits in the management of cancer pain. The education and resources that was offered to the nurses increased their own knowledge and comfort and provided the increased autonomy in managing this symptom and working collaboratively with the physicians.

publisher: Simmons College (Boston, Mass.)

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date: 2018

type: Text

format: 1 PDF (68 Pages)

identifier: td_np_2018_jd

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language: English

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rights: Material from the Simmons University Archives collections are made available for study purposes only. For more information, or to request rights to reproduce or reuse any material, contact the University Archives at archives@simmons.edu.

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