Nurse practitioner led pain management the day after caesarean section: A randomised controlled trial and follow-up study.

Background: Pain on the day after caesarean section is often treated with controlled-release oxycodone to supplement the decline in analgesia from intrathecal opioids. Evidence suggests that caesarean birth is a biopsychosocial experience where a comprehensive approach is needed that promotes control and participation in pain management.

Objectives: This study compared immediate-release oxycodone integrated with supportive educational strategies to controlled-release oxycodone.

Two hundred days of nurse practitioner prescribing and role development: a case study report from a hospital-based acute pain management team.

Purpose: This report evaluates a beginning Nurse Practitioner (NP) role in Acute Pain Management. HEALTHCARE SETTING: The role was implemented within an anaesthesiology-based pain service. The NP author developed this pain service in 2002 and was endorsed as an NP 6 years later.

Acute pain in surgical patients.

Purpose: The aim of this study was to assess experiences of acute surgical pain by patient description of pain intensity and patient satisfaction with peri-operative pain management in a variety of adult surgical patients prior to the appointment of an acute pain nurse in a hospital in Queensland, Australia.

Method: One hundred and seventeen patients who underwent various surgical procedures were surveyed using a pain rating scale (0-10) and a scale assessing their perceptions of the treatment they received for their post-operative pain.

Findings: The results provide baseline data about the adequacy of acute pain management within the hospital prior to the implementation of an acute pain service and an acute pain nurse.