Regardless of the breakneck speed with which our world changes these days, it has never been more true that “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” Two very interesting topics have surfaced recently in the newspapers—topics that should not even be issues based on our progress in...

Purpose/Objectives: To examine the influence of a formal organizational pain management policy on nurses’ pain management practices. Design: Descriptive correlational. Setting: Tertiary-care medical center. Sample: 91 nurses providing direct patient care on five study units during a 72-hour study...

Whether a result of disease or disease-related treatment, pain is a common symptom for patients with cancer. Pain is recognized as a personal experience and a symptom that has great impact on a patient's quality of life. People in pain are vulnerable and dependent on healthcare providers for access...