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An Assessment Of Nurses' Knowledge And Attitudes Toward End Of Life Care Pain Management, Amy Davis
An Assessment Of Nurses' Knowledge And Attitudes Toward End Of Life Care Pain Management, Amy Davis
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
This study was completed to help determine if nurses had a true understanding of how to provide pain management to patients in their care who were at the end of their life. A review of literature was completed and it revealed that nurses have a fear of opioid overdose and respiratory depression in their patients when providing proper pain management. It also revealed that patients have a fear of dying in pain at the end of their life especially if they have been diagnosed with a terminal illness. The study also revealed that when patients die in pain it actually …
Non-Pharmacological Interventions Project: Treatment For Dementia, Mandy Richards
Non-Pharmacological Interventions Project: Treatment For Dementia, Mandy Richards
Nursing Theses and Capstone Projects
In response to the Office of Inspector General's research report on atypical antipsychotic off label treatment of elderly dementia residents in long-term care, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services developed a non-pharmacological intervention known as the Hand In Hand training tool. This projects focus was on training the direct care nursing staff with the Hand In Hand tool and evaluating for decrease in behavior and psychological symptoms in their patients. A retrospective chart review was utilized for the Minimum Data Sets tool Brief Interview of Mental Status (BIMS) and Mood interview. Pre training and post training scores were analyzed …