The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has issued a “Practice Alert” with evidence-based recommendations to assess pain in critically ill patients. • Attempt to obtain the patient’s ...

A new Behavior Pain Assessment Tool (BPAT) provides a simple way to evaluate pain in critically ill patients—including those who aren't able to communicate their pain verbally, reports a study in ...

Attempt to obtain the patient's self-report, the single most reliable indicator of pain. Do not assume that a patient cannot report pain; many cognitively impaired patients are able to use a ...

When buildings, land, apparatus, equipment and other assets are included as part of EMS departments, the agencies are multimillion-dollar organizations. Thus, they are businesses, and they must be ...

The following is an installment of the "Try This" series published by the John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing. The content is intended to encourage nurses to understand the ...

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort. For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird ...