Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool Versus Non-Verbal Pain Scale in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive

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Identifier 2020_Hunt
Title Assessing the Feasibility of the Use of the Critical-Care Pain Observation Tool Versus Non-Verbal Pain Scale in the Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit and Surgical Intensive
Creator Hunt, Sara
Subject Advanced Practice Nursing; Education, Nursing, Graduate; Critical Illness; Research Design; Pain, Postoperative; Pain Measurement; Time Factors; Coronary Care Units; Ventilators, Mechanical; Communication; Patient Satisfaction; Postoperative Care; Feasibility Studies; Surveys and Questionnaires; Quality Improvement
Description Background: Accurate pain assessments in critically ill, mechanically ventilated patients can be difficult to obtain. The current pain assessment tool to assess pain in these patients at this medical facility is the Non-Verbal Pain Scale (NVPS). This pain scale uses vital sign variation as a component to assess pain. The Society of Critical Care Medicine no longer recommends the use of vital sign variation as a component to assessing pain due to it not being a reliable indicator. Methods: This QI project was implemented at a large academic medical facility in two intensive care units in the intermountain west region in Salt Lake City, Utah. By using a pretest-posttest study design, data was obtained about the use of NVPS before the implementation of the Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) and after the implementation data was obtained regarding the use of CPOT. Nurses used both CPOT and NVPS hourly to calculate pain scores for mechanically ventilated patients.Results:The pre-implementation survey and post-implementation survey had 35 and 46 nurses respectively respond to the surveys via REDCap. A comparison of the surveys resulted with accuracy in CPOT pain assessments (p-value < .001), pain medication administration due to CPOT scoring (p-value < .001), and satisfaction of using CPOT (p-value .003). Nearly 60% of the nurses preferred CPOT as a pain assessment tool. There were 86 CPOT and NVPS pain assessment score forms collected. Pain assessment scores resulted with CPOT (13.4 + 15.4) and NVPS (8.3 + 9.7). There was statistically significant difference between CPOT and NVPS scores (5.1 + 10.4, p-value < .001). The calculated difference between CPOT scoring and NVPS scoring when compared to zero had a significant difference (5.6 + 11.4, p-value < .001). Conclusions: CPOT is found to be feasible to use to assess pain for patients who receive mechanical ventilation in the CVICU and SICU. CPOT had higher perceived accuracy, pain medication administration influence, and overall satisfaction when compared to NVPS. CPOT pain scores were overall higher than NVPS and can be indicative of underscoring a patient's actual pain level.
Relation is Part of Graduate Nursing Project, Doctor of Nursing Practice, DNP, Acute Care
Publisher Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Date 2020
Type Text
Rights Management © 2020 College of Nursing, University of Utah
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Collection Nursing Practice Project
Language eng
ARK ark:/87278/s6z94x6p
Setname ehsl_gradnu
ID 1575220
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z94x6p
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