Date of Award
Fall 1978
Document Type
Thesis - Restricted
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Department
Nursing
Abstract
The pain responses of thirty cancer patients were measured using a modified version of the pain rating scale developed by Chambers and Price (Nursing Research 16 [Summer 1967]: 230). There were fifteen patients in the control group, and fifteen patients in the experimental group. For pain relief, the investigator automatically gave an analgesic agent for those in the control group. A patient in the experimental group received the measure he/she mutually agreed upon with the investigator to be a appropriate pain relieving agent. Each patient's pain response was measured three times in order to determine if there was initial pain relief and/or long-range pain relief obtained. Using the test, no significant difference was found between the automatic nurse action and the therapeutic nurse action in the initial and long-range pain relief they provided.
Recommended Citation
Hoffmann, Jeanette Taitano, "The Comparison of the Pain Relieving Effectiveness for Cancer Patients of the Automatic Nurse Action and the Therapeutic Nurse Action" (1978). Master's Theses (1922-2009) Access restricted to Marquette Campus. 3405.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/theses/3405