Treating Persistent Pain: A Nurse Co-Led, Interdisciplinary Model for Primary Care.

ABSTRACT: The public health crisis of chronic pain has only increased in recognition since the Institute of Medicine's (IOM) Relieving Pain in America (2011) called for a cultural transformation in the way pain is viewed, treated, and put forward specific recommendations for action. The National Pain Strategy (NPS) provides a roadmap for putting these recommendations into practice. We implemented a program that placed nurses and behavioral specialists at the head of an interdisciplinary team utilizing best practices. In this program, nurses enacted the NPS recommendations to advance care for patients with persistent pain on long-term opioid treatment. This program promoted professional growth in nurses along with fostering success for patients. Compared with patients receiving usual care, patients i

SUBMITTER: Benes LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9771916 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature