A Clinical Consult to Explain the Biofeedback Process.

Clinical Issue: Psychophysiological assessments and biofeedback-based interventions for chronic for chronic pain can be highly effective. The purpose of this clinical consultation was to provide an overview of the psychophysiological assessment process and present a primer on biofeedback for chronic pain. The biofeedback process was presented by a biofeedback content expert, with photos and diagrams.

Hospital Chaplains, Spirituality, and Pain Management: A Qualitative Study.

Background: Nurses include spirituality in holistic nursing care of persons in pain. However, there is a lack of awareness of spiritual suffering and the role of chaplains and spiritual care in pain management.

Aim: The purpose of this pilot is to report hospital chaplains' qualitative report of spirituality and pain management in an acute care setting.

The Evaluation of Undergraduate Nursing Students' Knowledge of Post-op Pain Management after Participation in Simulation.

The purpose of this paper was to assess undergraduate nursing students' pain knowledge after participation in a simulation scenario. The Knowledge and Attitudes of Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP) was used to assess pain knowledge. In addition, reflective questions related to the simulation were examined.

Content analyses of a priori qualitative phantom limb pain descriptions and emerging categories in mid-southerners with limb loss.

Purpose: The purposes of this descriptive study were (a) to identify the relative frequencies of a priori categories of phantom limb pain (PLP) quality descriptors reported by Mid-Southerners with limb loss, (b) to analyze their descriptions for emerging categories of PLP, and (c) to identify the relative frequencies of the emerging categories.

Design: This cross-sectional descriptive verbal survey assessed PLP descriptors. A content analyses determined relative frequencies of a priori PLP descriptors as well as emerging categories that were identified.