Researchers at Rutgers University-New Brunswick are working to measure pain more accurately beyond the single, subjective ...

Researchers use AI video analysis of invisible facial micromovements and heart rhythms to objectively measure pain, replacing ...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Taking into account the complexity and subjectivity of pain for the patient and the need for constant updating of the healthcare team, the objective was to verify the ...

Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) is the standard treatment for moderate to severe hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), yet pain assessment during TH remains challenging. This study compares two ...

ABSTRACT: Background: To address pain management needs, Cameroonian pharmaceutical laboratories have undertaken the production of morphine and its distribution to healthcare facilities. The objective ...

Imagine this: You are a nurse practitioner in a nursing home. A staff member asks you to assess Mrs. B, a 90-year-old with mild dementia who is “not acting like herself.” When you check on Mrs. B, she ...

Hospitals nationwide are facing intensifying staffing pressures, rising patient acuity and growing demands for more sustainable care delivery. At Cleveland-based University Hospitals, a new virtual ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a rare clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

Artificial intelligence is helping health-care providers better assess their patients’ discomfort. For years at Orchard Care Homes, a 23‑facility dementia-care chain in northern England, Cheryl Baird ...

Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN, internationally recognized expert in pain and symptom management research and professor emerita at UC San Francisco’s School of Nursing, will be named a Living ...

Susie Singer Carter’s mom, Norma Pecora, suffered from Alzheimer’s disease for 16 years and spent the last five years of her life in a nursing home. She died at age 89 after enduring sepsis, ...

Filmmaker's mom suffered from chemical restraints, infections and dehydration. Here's how you can protect your family members. A total of 83% of U.S. nursing homes had staffing levels that were lower ...