Table 3 Practical Tips Shared by Nursing Home Provider Teams About Better Pain Management Practices
• | Shared experiences in utilizing local hospice organization as a resource for clinical education about pain management |
• | Shared pain assessment forms |
• | Gave examples of non-pharmocological interventions for pain management that are inexpensive and easy to implement |
• | Gave advice on local suppliers that stock inexpensive items to include in a non-pharmacological intervention 'kit' to use in pain management (e.g., aromatherapy supplies.) |
• | Gave examples of nursing home staff that participated on facility-wide pain management team |
• | Shared opinions on software programs that could be used to query nursing home MDS data |
• | Shared successes and barriers in implementing current system for quality improvement around pain management |