Enhancing Postoperative Pain Management: A Pilot Study of Tailored Teaching on Selected Non- Drug Enhancements - Softcover

Tracy, Susanne M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3639106563 ISBN 13: 9783639106565

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

The underuse of non-drug methods for pain management is among the top twenty-five issues in patient safety in the United States. Little is known about patients' knowledge and attitudes toward non-drug interventions, especially adults 50 and older. Education is one strategy for improving patient's knowledge and attitudes so as to encourage use of non-drug methods as enhancements to doctor ordered pain management strategies. In this single group, pre-experimental pilot study, a tailored teaching intervention on music, self-guided imagery and slow stroke massage was designed and implemented by nurses with adults 50 and older who underwent elective total joint replacement surgery. Results showed that subjects use all three complementary methods throughout their hospital stay and were very satisfied with their pain management. Further, subjects commented on how having these options available to them empowered them to take back some control over the management of their pain. The study suggests the value of tailored teaching and offers readers a process by which other tailored teaching interventions may be developed for symptom management.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Susanne Tracy is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the University of New Hampshire in Durham, N.H. Her teaching experience in nursing spans over 35 years. Since publishing this monograph, Dr. Tracy has continued to investigate issues related to the use of nondrug methods as enhancements for pain management.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3639106563
• ISBN 13: 9783639106565
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 124