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Development and Validation of Standardized Pain Management Documentation.

Pia Liljamo¹, Ulla-Mari Kinnunen²

¹Oulu University Hospital, Northern Ostrobothnia District, Oulu, Finland.

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|November 23, 2020

Summary

Patient pain management documentation is often insufficient. This study found that the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC) needs a dedicated pain management component for better nursing documentation.

Keywords:

Documentation Nursing Informatics Pain Management Standardized Nursing Terminology

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Area of Science:

Nursing
Health Informatics
Patient Care

Background:

Effective pain management, assessment, and documentation are vital for patient care.
Existing studies indicate significant flaws in current pain management processes.
Current documentation practices lack uniformity and sufficiency.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate how patient pain management is documented using the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC).
To identify areas for improvement in pain management documentation within FinCC.
To propose the development of a new pain management component for FinCC.

Main Methods:

Analysis of 806 patient care episodes and 2564 inpatient days across nine specialty units.
Review of daily nursing documentation notes.
Utilized the Finnish Care Classification (FinCC) for assessment.

Main Results:

Pain management documentation was found to be inadequate and insufficient.
The current FinCC terminology does not sufficiently support detailed pain management recording.
Significant gaps exist in the systematic documentation of pain management strategies.

Conclusions:

The Finnish Care Classification (FinCC) requires enhancement with a dedicated 'Pain management' component.
The development of FinCC version 4.0 should include specific categories for pain management.
Improved terminology is essential to support nurses in documenting pain management effectively.