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  • Improved Patient Reporting of Pain Utilizing A Traffic Light Pain Tool

    Description:
    Improving quality of care, patient safety and efficiency in healthcare are a national focus. Governmental agencies have taken an interest in identifying and monitoring interventions that will improve patient-centered care as well as other strategies that improve quality of care and/or decrease healthcare costs. The identified problem for this scholarly project is the inadequate identification and management of pain in patients who have undergone interventional cardiac procedures as reported by patient satisfaction scores and Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) scores. The focus of this project will be to utilize a traffic light pain assessment tool to improve patient self-reporting and early identification of pain, which should result in the rapid intervention of pain management treatments by the nursing staff. This goal will be accomplished by instructing patients on the purpose and utilization of the traffic light pain assessment tool. Keywords: pain, traffic light tool, patient satisfaction, patient centered care, HCAHPS scores.
    Keyword:
    Pain, Traffic light tool, Patient satisfaction, Patient centered care, and HCAHPS scores
    Subject:
    Nursing
    Creator:
    Crowley, Barbara
    Owner:
    skushner@saintpeters.edu
    Publisher:
    Saint Peter's University
    Date Uploaded:
    01/07/2020
    Date Modified:
    11/16/2023
    Rights Statement:
    In Copyright
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation