Laura Collada-Fernández, Gemma Tapiador-Gómez, Leonor García-Tomé, M Consuelo Pardo-Mora, M Rosario Díaz-Rodríguez, Montserrat Prado-Rodríguez Barbero, Marcelina Cañizares-Rabadán, Laura Albornos-Muñoz
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Introduction: More than 80% of patients experience post-surgical pain. Poor pain control decreases patients' quality of life; increases associated comorbidity, hospital length of stay and hospital costs; and delays functional recovery. Implementing evidence-based recommendations improves these negative factors as well as the patient's quality of life.
Objectives: This evidence implementation project aimed to improve post-operative pain management by implementing best practice recommendations.
Methods: This project used the JBI Evidence Implementation Framework, which is grounded in an audit and feedback process. The project was conducted in the surgical unit of a tertiary hospital in Ciudad Real, Spain. We performed a baseline audit and two follow-up audits to measure audit criteria derived from a JBI evidence summary on pain management. A total of 30 surgical patients took part. We assessed the results of the baseline audit, identified the barriers to best practice, and implemented strategies to improve post-operative pain management.
Results: The first follow-up audit revealed an improvement in practice; however, these results worsened due to the delay in protocol approval and subsequent lack of staff motivation. The second follow-up audit showed greater compliance with best practices, although considerable room for improvement remains.
Conclusions: Implementing evidence-based practices in health care improved nurses' clinical practice. The health care staff complied with the recommendations more readily since they associated the best practices with a clear benefit for the patient.