Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to M Isabel Casado Mora.
To minimize pain when changing dressing for peripheral venous catheters, to select the adequate dressing in functions of the circumstances presented by each patient, and to utilize as references the recommendations by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCs) form the fundamental bases for this article.
Vascular canalization is a habitual, daily practice for nurses and one which is not exempt from complications such as pain. Therefore, it is necessary that nurses know the factors which bear an influence on the degree of pain patients experience, methods to evaluate pain, as well as how to use clinical guidelines to improve or reduce the variability of pain when employing this technique on patients.