The new JCAHO pain standards: Implications for pain management nurses

A statistical analysis of pain relief after surgical operations

“…Other studies, carried out after more than 10 years, documented a high incidence of uncontrolled and severe pain in hospitals (Donovan et al, 1987;Oden, 1989). The necessity to develop a precise strategy for pain management has been put in evidence later on, in a work by Kuhn et al (1990), and later stressed in several studies examined by systematic reviews such as Kitson (1993) and Brown (2004 Berry and Dahl, 2000;MacLellan, 2004). There is some evidence that extreme suffering from pain could weaken the patient's immune system, while the risk of addiction to pain medication has been shown to be extremely low in patients who received medications for post-operative pain.…”

“…Neglecting pain might lead to complications in the long run (Dworkin, 1997), a lower quality of life and a longer stay at hospital (Berry and Dahl, 2000). Therefore, tolerating pain in any number of patients could result in considerable economic losses through additional hospitalization costs as well as lower productivity for the patients at least in the short run.…”

“…Therefore, tolerating pain in any number of patients could result in considerable economic losses through additional hospitalization costs as well as lower productivity for the patients at least in the short run. The treatment of postsurgical pain has also proved effective in improving the quality of care: patients who have undergone analgesic therapy are reported to experience a better surgical follow up (Berry and Dahl, 2000).…”

The War on Drugs Versus the War on Pain: Surviving Two Perfect Storms

“…For example, in 1999 the Joint Commission published standards for the assessment and management of pain that all healthcare facilities would be required to meet by 2001 in order to secure or maintain accreditation [7]. Apparently thereafter, the Commission received financial support for the development of educational materials on pain management.…”

Escala da dor: implantação para pacientes em pós-operatório imediato de cirurgia cardíaca

“…Pain monitoring has a high degree of importance, such that the Joint Commission on the Accredita on of Healthcare Organizaons (JCAHO), a North American en ty that evaluates hospitals, included its relief as an item to be evaluated in hospital accredita on, beginning in 2001.This decision reinforced the pa ent's right to have his pain adequately measured, recorded and controlled, establishing management standards for outpa ent services, home care, mental health, rehabilitaon and hospital ins tu ons (5) .…”