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Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

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Sowicz, TJ; Knisely, MR; Booker, SQ; Bai, J; Saravanan, A; Marie, BS
Published in: Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
February 2022

Millions of people globally have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. It's impact on pain management nurses roles' remains unknown.To explore role changes among pain management nurses performing patient care during the Covid-19 pandemic.Qualitative descriptive research study.The American Society for Pain Management Nursing's listserv, E-News Brief postings, and snowball sampling.English-speaking registered nurses or advanced practice registered nurses who provided direct patient care since 2020 were eligible.Data were collected through individual, semi-structured telephone interviews. An interview guide was used and included questions about participants' characteristics and the effect of the Covid-19 pandemic on their roles in clinical work. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis.A homogenous sample of eighteen nurses from the United States was interviewed. Their normal roles, roles during the pandemic, and surges in patients with Covid-19 as the condition for role changes emerged from their descriptions. Most participants did not experience significant changes in their normal roles, but all described how their normal functions were impacted by the pandemic.As the infectious variants of this disease evolve or other disastrous conditions occur, further changes to roles may occur. The skill sets of pain management nurses, including understanding assessment of pain across the lifespan, administration of opioids and multimodal analgesia, monitoring of patients, and communicating by educating and consultations, reinforce the significant contribution pain management nurses have as valued team members in times of crisis.

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Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8635

ISSN

1524-9042

Publication Date

February 2022

Volume

23

Issue

1

Start / End Page

9 / 16

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Qualitative Research
  • Pandemics
  • Pain Management
  • Nursing
  • Nurses
  • Nurse's Role
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Sowicz, T. J., Knisely, M. R., Booker, S. Q., Bai, J., Saravanan, A., & Marie, B. S. (2022). Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, 23(1), 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2021.09.006
Sowicz, Timothy Joseph, Mitchell R. Knisely, Staja Q. Booker, Jinbing Bai, Anitha Saravanan, and Barbara St Marie. “Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses 23, no. 1 (February 2022): 9–16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2021.09.006.
Sowicz TJ, Knisely MR, Booker SQ, Bai J, Saravanan A, Marie BS. Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 2022 Feb;23(1):9–16.
Sowicz, Timothy Joseph, et al. “Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, vol. 23, no. 1, Feb. 2022, pp. 9–16. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2021.09.006.
Sowicz TJ, Knisely MR, Booker SQ, Bai J, Saravanan A, Marie BS. Pain Management Nurses' Roles During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 2022 Feb;23(1):9–16.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8635

ISSN

1524-9042

Publication Date

February 2022

Volume

23

Issue

1

Start / End Page

9 / 16

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Qualitative Research
  • Pandemics
  • Pain Management
  • Nursing
  • Nurses
  • Nurse's Role
  • Humans
  • COVID-19
  • 4205 Nursing