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Interventions Related To Patient Teaching, Barbara Rakel
Interventions Related To Patient Teaching, Barbara Rakel
Barbara A. Rakel
This study validated 13 nursing interventions related to patient teaching. Four of the labels address the process of patient teaching, whereas the other nine concern content specific to teaching efforts. With the help of 46 master's-prepared nurses from across the country, critical (major) and supporting (minor) activities for each label were identified. This study is one of many steps toward the construction of a taxonomy of nursing interventions focused on direct care treatments that nurses perform on behalf of patients. The ultimate goal is to provide nurses with a standardized language that can be used to document their unique role …
Implementation Of The Agency For Health Care Policy And Research Pain Guidelines, K. Schmidt, M. Alpen, Barbara Rakel
Implementation Of The Agency For Health Care Policy And Research Pain Guidelines, K. Schmidt, M. Alpen, Barbara Rakel
Barbara A. Rakel
Implementation of clinical practice guidelines in a large setting is a complex process. This article describes the many issues encountered in trying to implement Agency for Health Care Policy and Research acute pain and cancer pain guidelines in an academic medical center. Issues addressed include the membership of the task forces involved, incorporation of the guidelines into the institution-specific standards of care, selection and implementation of self-reporting tools for assessment of pain throughout the institution, issues involved in standardizing documentation of pain throughout the institution, measurement of the current status of pain control and integration into the existing quality assessment …