Abstract

The Comfort Cart is a pain management tool that is portable and contains non-pharmacologic pain relief adjuncts such as heating pads, ice packs, stress balls, eye pillows, ear plugs, as well as distraction tools such as magazines, reading materials, adult coloring books and guided imagery for pain relief. The objective of this initiative was to improve pain relief in patients who report pain using non-pharmacological adjuncts; sometimes in addition to pain medications appropriate to the patient complaint/diagnosis/presentation.

Author Details

Christina Hoddinott, MSN, RN, CEN, CPEN; Deb Wambold, RN

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Non-member

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Patient Care, Comfort, Pain Relief

Conference Name

Emergency Nursing 2019

Conference Host

Emergency Nurses Association

Conference Location

Austin, Texas, USA

Conference Year

2019

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Comfort Cart: The use of non-pharmacological adjuncts for pain relief

Austin, Texas, USA

The Comfort Cart is a pain management tool that is portable and contains non-pharmacologic pain relief adjuncts such as heating pads, ice packs, stress balls, eye pillows, ear plugs, as well as distraction tools such as magazines, reading materials, adult coloring books and guided imagery for pain relief. The objective of this initiative was to improve pain relief in patients who report pain using non-pharmacological adjuncts; sometimes in addition to pain medications appropriate to the patient complaint/diagnosis/presentation.