Using quality improvement methodology to improve neuropathic pain screening and assessment in patients with cancer
| Autor: | Marilyn Bookbinder, Camilo E. Fadul, Karen Skalla, Ellen M. Lavoie Smith, Marie Bakitas, Peter Homel, Louise P. Meyer |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Předmět: |
Program evaluation
Adult Male medicine.medical_specialty Quality management education MEDLINE Pain Young Adult Neoplasms Health care Medicine Humans Mass Screening Pain Management In patient Young adult Aged Pain Measurement Aged 80 and over business.industry Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health Cancer Middle Aged medicine.disease Oncology Neuropathic pain Physical therapy Neuralgia Female Clinical Competence business Program Evaluation |
| Zdroj: | Journal of cancer education : the official journal of the American Association for Cancer Education. 24(2) |
| ISSN: | 1543-0154 |
| Popis: | Background. Quality improvement methodology was used to improve neuropathic pain (NP) screening at a comprehensive cancer center. Methods. Nurses participated in educational sessions about screening and assessment. Clinical systems to facilitate documentation of NP severity scores were developed. Results. Pretest and posttest score results demonstrated nurse acquisition of new knowledge. A 90% NP screening adherence rate was achieved (N=3831). Patients with no reported general pain (n=291) were found to have moderate to severe NP. Conclusions. Keys to success are (1) health care professional education and periodic reinforcement of learning and (2) system infrastructure changes. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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