Procedural Pain Management: Clinical Practice Recommendations

Area of Science:

• Nursing
• Pain Management
• Patient Safety

Background:

• Painful procedures are common across all patient age groups.
• Nurses play a crucial role in ensuring patient safety and minimizing harm.
• Effective pain management is essential during medical procedures.

Purpose of the Study:

• To emphasize the right of patients to safe and effective pain management during procedures.
• To highlight the ethical obligation of the interprofessional healthcare team in pain management.
• To advocate for the inclusion of integrative interventions in multimodal pain management strategies.

Main Methods:

• Review of the American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN) position statement.
• Analysis of ethical obligations in patient care.
• Promotion of multimodal pain management approaches.

Main Results:

• Patients have a right to safe and effective pain management for procedures.
• Interprofessional teams must ensure pain management aligns with patient goals and preferences.
• Multimodal pain management, incorporating integrative interventions, is recommended.

Conclusions:

• All nurses, clinicians, and organizations should prioritize safe and effective pain management.
• Integrative interventions are encouraged as part of multimodal pain management for procedural pain.
• Patient-centered care and preferences are fundamental to ethical pain management.