Faculty Perspective of Teaching Pain Management to Nursing Students

Abstract

Prelicensure nursing education includes instruction on pain management. The literature does not, however, address the viewpoints of faculty members who are teaching pain evaluation and management in the context of the opioid crisis. The evaluation and treatment of pain is a complicated procedure that calls for clinical judgment and critical thinking. Nurses are concerned about the new issues the opioid crisis has brought to healthcare providers who treat pain. Hospital patients frequently experience pain as a normal part of life. An enormous global issue, pain treatment is particularly prevalent in the US. Adequate pain management is a critical component of patient care that can improve early mobility and reduce complications. To relieve pain and prevent needless suffering, evidence-based strategies must be used in proper pain management. For many years, there has been a significant effort to enhance pain alleviation, as many hospitalized patients have reported feeling unrelieved by their pain. It is easier to provide patients with safe, compassionate care when one has the necessary knowledge, abilities, and good attitudes in pain management. Moreover, inadequate understanding of pain and its management among nursing staff members has been widely mentioned as a primary cause of undertreatment of pain.