The Pain Competency Assessment Tool was developed by two Clinical Nurse Specialists in acute pain. It offers standardised competencies for pain management nursing in Ireland, and can be used to structure and assess knowledge for students and registered nursing staff at all clinical grades. A range of assessment strategies can be used to achieve the competencies, […]
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It’s not your back, it’s your lifestyle: New theories on treating back pain “Scans rarely show the cause of low back pain,” says Prof Kieran O’Sullivan, chartered physiotherapist and head of the school of physiotherapy at the University of Limerick. He points out that so-called “abnormal findings” on scans such disc bulges, disc degeneration and arthritis
Nurse-led programme aims to improve quality of life for persistent-pain sufferers Irish people have a frustrating time trying to describe the pain they suffer from. Chronic pain (which lasts for more than three months) affects 1.65 million people in Ireland, with back pain being the most frequently reported site of pain. Many of the afflicted
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