Geriatric pain competencies and knowledge assessment for nurses in long term care settings |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Jackson Memorial Hospital, Miami, FL, USA;2. Staten Island University Hospital, Staten Island, NY, USA;3. Drexel University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA;4. Washington Hospital Center, Washington, DC, USA;5. University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR, USA;6. Cedar Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, USA;7. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY, USA;8. Detroit Medical Center, Detroit, MI, USA |
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| Abstract: | Pain in older adults is a prevalent problem that affects quality of life and challenges nurses, particularly those caring for older adults living in long term care settings. Despite the national priority of pain management, insufficient knowledge of nurses about geriatric pain is a documented barrier to effective geriatric pain management in all long term care settings. To address this knowledge gap, a website (GeriatricPain.org) was developed by the National Geriatric Pain Collaborative with a grant from the MayDay Fund to provide a single site for evidenced-based, easy-to-use, downloadable resources on pain management. This paper describes the development of the most recent addition to the website, a set of evidence-based core geriatric pain management competencies and a geriatric pain knowledge assessment, and discusses their potential uses in improving pain care for older adults. Geriatric Pain Competencies and Knowledge Assessment for Nurses in Long Term Care Settings. |
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| Keywords: | Pain Competencies Competency assessment tool Education |
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