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School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research Conference
Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007
Conference Proceedings
pain on functional abilities, significant changes in subjects’
knowledge and attitudes following use of the teaching intervention,
and increased frequency of use of non-drug measures over the fourday
acute care hospital stay. Subjects also reflected that they were
satisfied with the non-drug methods they chose as part of their pain
management plan. The pilot suggests the CRU model is a useful
model for translating research findings into practice, tailored
teaching interventions may positively change patient’s knowledge,
attitudes, and behaviors related to the use of non-drug measures
for postoperative pain control, and the use of complementary pain
enhancements was satisfying to this cohort of patients. Further
experimental research with other cohorts, in the form of
randomized controlled studies, is warranted to determine the true
value of integrating these non-drug enhancements into everyday
nursing practice.
Interested parties may access the citation below to read a fuller
account of and reference list for the research:
Tracy, S., Dufault, M, Kogut, S, Martin, V, Rossi, S, & Willey-
Temkin, C. (2006). Translating best practices in nondrug
postoperative pain management. Nursing Research, 55(2S), S57-
S67.
Also, feel free to contact me with any questions or interest you may
have in collaborating in a trial of this research in your institution.
Thank you.
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