ArticleBMC emergency medicine2024
Factors influencing nurses' pain assessment and management of road traffic casualties: a qualitative study at a military hospital in Ghana.
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- The impact of optimizing the triage process for cardiac patients presenting to the cardiac emergency department on quality of care indicators: a quasi-experimental study in Southern Iran.BMC emergency medicine · 2026Article
- Pain Experience and Patient-Reported Barriers to Analgesic Use in Emergency Care in Ghana: A Cross-Sectional Study.Health science reports · 2026Article
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- Barriers and facilitators to effective pain management in elderly Arab patients: a nursing perspective through a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Optimizing Pain Management in Emergency Departments: A Comprehensive Review of Current Analgesic Practices.Cureus · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence shows that patients who visit the surgical and trauma emergency units may be discharged with untreated or increased pain levels. This study explored nurses' pain assessment and management approaches at a trauma-surgical emergency unit in Ghana.
methodsSeventeen nurses who work in the trauma department participated in this qualitative exploratory descriptive study. In-depth individual interviews were conducted, and the thematic analysis was utilized to identify emerging themes and subthemes.
resultsThree main themes were identified: patient pain indicators, pain management, and institutional factors influencing pain management. The study revealed that nurses rely on verbal expressions, non-verbal cues, physiological changes, and the severity of pain communicated. The findings highlighted staff shortage, inadequate resources, and lack of standardized guidelines as factors affecting pain and management.
conclusionsAlthough the study offers critical new perspectives on nurses' experiences regarding pain related issues at the trauma-surgical emergency units, its small sample size limited its generalizability.
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