Management of procedural pain: empowering nurses to care for patients through clinical nurse specialist consultation and intervention.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess the incidence of pain in inpatient and outpatient populations experiencing invasive procedures.

Background: Nursing staff consulted the clinical nurse specialist regarding a patient they assessed who was not medicated appropriately and experienced significant procedural pain. As a result, a Procedural Pain Task Force was created to research the incidence of procedural pain and create evidence-based practice protocols.

Correlation of pain scores, analgesic use, and beck anxiety inventory scores during hospitalization in lower extremity amputees.

Post amputation pain can be debilitating for patients and families. Chronic pain is a common phenomenon after lower extremity amputation, occurring in up to 80% of this population. The purpose of this pilot study was to correlate post amputation pain scores to opioid analgesic consumption and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scores.