Background: Persistent postoperative pain continues to be an underrecognized complication.
We examined the prevalence of and risk factors for this type of pain after cardiac surgery. …

Cardiovascular diseases cause more disability and economic loss in industrialized nations
than any other group of diseases. In previous work [Nurs Res 49 (2000a) 1], most coronary …

Respect is important in the creation of a positive perioperative work environment and
effective OR teams. Low scores for respect in the OR on an employee opinion survey and …

Objective The need for clinical staff to reliably identify patients with a shortened life expectancy
is an obstacle to improving palliative and end-of-life care. We developed and evaluated …

Patients have been found to receive inadequate analgesia despite moderate to severe pain
after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The purpose of this pilot study was to …

The BioHealth Capital Region (Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC; BHCR) is flush
with colleges and universities training students in science, technology, engineering, and …

Results: Nurses identified pain management challenges in the hospital, particularly related
to patients' age, patient concerns about the use of opioids, the need to use multiple …

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Pain-related misbeliefs among health care professionals (HCPs)
are common and contribute to ineffective postoperative pain assessment. While …

This quasi-experimental study determined the effect of a 17-week pregraduate preceptorship
program upon diploma nursing students' (N = 22) performance of the professional nursing …

Photographs of patients placed at the bedside by family or friends are a common sight in the
intensive care unit. Few studies have shown that displaying patient photographs can have …