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Practical Tips Shared by Nursing Home Provider Teams About Better Pain Management Practices |
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Shared experiences in utilizing local hospice organization as a resource for clinical education about pain management |
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Shared pain assessment forms |
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Gave examples of non-pharmocological interventions for pain management that are inexpensive and easy to implement |
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Gave advice on local suppliers that stock inexpensive items to include in a non-pharmacological intervention 'kit' to use in pain management (e.g., aromatherapy supplies.) |
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Gave examples of nursing home staff that participated on facility-wide pain management team |
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Shared opinions on software programs that could be used to query nursing home MDS data |
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Shared successes and barriers in implementing current system for quality improvement around pain management |
Kissam et al. BMC Geriatrics 2003 3:2 doi:10.1186/1471-2318-3-2 |
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