Opioid Tapering and the Patient-Provider Relationship

Opioid Withdrawal Signs and Symptoms in the Pediatric Patient during Opioid Tapering

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF OPIOID WITHDRAWAL IN THE PEDIATRIC PATIENT DURING OPIOID TAPERING By Deborah Fisher, PhD, RN, CS, PNP-BC, CPON A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at Virginia Commonwealth University. Virginia Commonwealth University, 2012 VCU Chair: Mary Jo Grap, PhD, RN, FAAN Professor, Adult Health and Nursing System...

Justice in the Health Care Provider and Patient Relationship:

Provider confidence in opioid prescribing and chronic pain management: results of the Opioid Therapy Provider Survey

INTRODUCTION Many providers report lack of confidence in managing patients with chronic pain. Thus, the primary aim of this study was to investigate the associations of provider confidence in managing chronic pain with their practice behaviors and demographics. MATERIALS AND METHODS The primary outcome measure was the results of the Opioid Therapy Provider Survey, which was administered to cl...

the relationship between critical thinking and reading strategies

during the process of reading, sometimes learners use ineffective and inefficient strategies and some factors may influence their use of strategies. perhaps critical thinking is one of these factors. this study aims to identify those categories of reading strategies that are mostly used by iranian efl learners and to see if there is any significant relationship between the critical thinking abi...

the relationship between learners critical thinking ability and their performance in the reading sections of the tofel and ielts test

the study reflected in this thesis aims at finding out relationships between critical thinking (ct), and the reading sections of tofel and ielts tests. the study tries to find any relationships between the ct ability of students and their performance on reading tests of tofel and academic ielts. however, no research has ever been conducted to investigate the relationship between ct and the read...