The pivotal role of nurses in pain management: impacts of a revised definition of pain and review of opioid analgesia practice for the future

By Olivia Sonneborn, Annie Williams and Nicole Gauthier|
2022-06-21T14:04:33+10:00
July 11th, 2022|

Pain assessment is a critical component of optimum nursing care to enable effective pain management.1 Introduction Advances in the understanding of pain mechanisms and management, [...]

Pain management for patients with dementia: Identification and management

By Tess Cooper and Simon Cooper|
2021-12-10T10:45:09+11:00
February 11th, 2022|

The Australian Bureau of Statistics1 reports that in 2018 there were 219,000 Australians with dementia – of which 43% experienced chronic pain that may have [...]