OBJECTIVE: To explore some of the reasons for poor compliance with the use of
standardized pain assessment tools in clinical practice, despite numerous guidelines and …

Background: As is often reported in the literature exploring the research–practice gap,
applying the principles of evidence‐based practice is easier said than done. Action research …

Objectives: We implemented a hospital-based, system-wide initiative called the “Children's
Comfort Promise,” and created a new standard of care for needle procedures that required …

Özet Ağrı tedavisi hastalar için temel bir haktır. Ağrı kontrolündeki farmakolojik tedavi
modaliteleri ve müdahalelerindeki gelişmelere rağmen, postoperatif ağrı yönetimindeki …

Purpose–Health care organizations and hospitals in particular are highly resistant to
change. The reasons for this are rooted in professional role behaviors, hierarchical …

Numerous studies have shown that in comparison to adults, children do not receive
analgesia (oligoanalgesia) and are not adequately treated for pain. Several organizations …

Acute pain in children can occur following trauma and injury or secondary to medical and
surgical intervention. Before acute pain can be effectively treated, it must be accurately …

BACKGROUND: A previous audit performed at a tertiary/quaternary pediatric hospital in
Toronto, Ontario, demonstrated suboptimal assessment and treatment of children's pain …

Pain assessment in children with cognitive impairment (CI) is challenging. A quality
improvement (QI) project involving evidence-based review of pain assessment tools …

Acute pain in children can occur following trauma and injury or secondary to medical and
surgical intervention. Before acute pain can be effectively treated, it must be accurately …