Abstract

Pain is associated with a wide range of disease and injury, and is sometimes the disease itself. Millions suffer from chronic pain every year and the effects of pain lead to tremendous costs for healthcare, rehabilitation, and lost worker productivity, as well as the emotional, psychological, and financial burden it places on patients and their families. The nurse has a key role in effective pain management with the need for accurate assessment, prompt intervention, and evaluation of pain relief measures for positive patient outcomes. The purpose of the study was to explore the lived experience of chronic pain in nurse educators in order to determine a better understanding for discovery in nursing curriculum. An interpretive phenomenological approach was used to frame this research study. The study employed a purposive sample of two Associate Degree Nurse (ADN) educators and one Baccalaureate (BSN) educator having personally experienced chronic pain.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 3562429; ProQuest document ID: 1369846013. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Moniaree Parker Jones, EdD, MSN, COI

Sigma Membership

Epsilon Omega, Gamma Eta

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Phenomenology

Research Approach

Qualitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse Educators, Lived Experience Stories, Fear

Advisor

Douglas McKnight

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

The University of Alabama

Degree Year

2013

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-05-06

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