Effectiveness of INROADS Into Pain Management, a Nursing Educational Intervention

Nurses play a critical role in managing a patient’s pain, from initial evaluation to ongoing patient education. However, little information exists on current gaps in nurses’ knowledge and their pain-related decision making. To this end, an educational intervention—the INROADS initiative—was designed...

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Published in:The Journal of continuing education in nursing 2011-07, Vol.42 (7), p.328-336
Main Authors: Salinas, Gregory D, Abdolrasulnia, Maziar
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analgesics
Analgesics, Opioid - administration & dosage
Analgesics, Opioid - therapeutic use
Behavioral Objectives
Control Groups
Drug Therapy, Combination
Education, Nursing, Continuing - methods
Evidence-Based Nursing - education
Guideline Adherence
Health care
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Humans
Nurses
Nursing
Pain
Pain - drug therapy
Pain - nursing
Pain management
United States
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Summary:Nurses play a critical role in managing a patient’s pain, from initial evaluation to ongoing patient education. However, little information exists on current gaps in nurses’ knowledge and their pain-related decision making. To this end, an educational intervention—the INROADS initiative—was designed to improve the knowledge of nurses involved in patient management as well as to guide them toward practices that are consistent with currently available evidence. The results from an evaluation of this intervention show that nurses participating in the INROADS program were 52% more likely to make evidence-based care choices for their patients, compared with a control group of demographically similar nurses. The effect of this program may reinforce it as a model for the design of future interventions for pain management.
ISSN:0022-0124
1938-2472
DOI:10.3928/00220124-20101201-02