The nurse plays a key role in pain management among various patient populations and context of care. The nurse鈥檚 professional role in pain management is to:

• Assess pain upon patient鈥檚 admission and on a regular basis thereafter or during consultation or follow-up visits
• Administer appropriate analgesia (as per prescription) according to pain assessment findings
• Reassess pain to determine the efficacy of analgesia and readjust the dosage as needed
• Ensure clinical monitoring following the administration of opioid analgesia
• Administer or initiate non-pharmacologic interventions for optimal pain control
• Write and adjust the nursing therapeutic plan
• Educate the patient and family about pain management In nursing, pain education is covered in various courses part of two undergraduate programs (BScN and BNI) and the Master鈥檚 program.

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