Ryan M, Ambrosio D A, Gebhard C, Kowalski J
Nurse Practitioner Program, Adelphi University, School of Nursing, Garden City, NY, USA.
Pain Manag Nurs. 2000 Jun;1(2):34-9. doi: 10.1053/jpmn.2000.8322.
Although much has been done to promote pain assessment and management, pain remains a major, yet largely preventable, public health problem in the United States. A strategy that has been proposed to assure optimal pain management is the development of formal means within institutions to evaluate pain management practices and foster improved outcomes. In response to a pain-related patient care problem, South Nassau Communities Hospital recognized the need to undertake more formal methods for managing patients with acute, chronic, and cancer pain. A Pain Management Task Force was charged with the development of a comprehensive pain management program. Its efforts to date and plans for the future position this institution as ready for the Joint Commission for the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations' pain assessment and management standards that were introduced in 2000.
尽管在促进疼痛评估和管理方面已经做了很多工作，但疼痛在美国仍然是一个重大的、然而在很大程度上可以预防的公共卫生问题。为确保最佳疼痛管理而提出的一项策略是在机构内部建立正式手段，以评估疼痛管理实践并促进改善结果。针对与疼痛相关的患者护理问题，南拿骚社区医院认识到需要采用更正式的方法来管理急性、慢性和癌症疼痛患者。一个疼痛管理特别工作组负责制定一项全面的疼痛管理计划。其迄今为止的努力和未来计划使该机构为2000年引入的医疗保健组织认证联合委员会的疼痛评估和管理标准做好了准备。
