Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Introduction

This blog site has been created for nursing students who want to increase their knowledge of pain management and how to effectively care for patients in pain. This blog is to be used as a resource to assist students in assessing, treating, and educating patients in pain in the clinical setting.




Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization




Definition of Pain

"Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever the experiencing person says it does"  (McCaffery, 1968).


"Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage or both"  (International Association for the Study of Pain, 1994).
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  1. Judith V. TreschukMay 4, 2011 at 8:53 PM

    Monica,

    I love the topic... it is so important. I am sure you are familiar with the
    City of Hope Pain/Palliative Care Resource Center

    Also check out the Pain Knowledge and Attitude Survey


    http://prc.coh.org/

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