Nurses' Perception of a Tailored Web-Based Intervention for the Self-Management of Pain After Cardiac Surgery

• Main Authors: Geraldine Martorella RN PhD (Author), Lucinda Graven RN PhD (Author), Glenna Schluck PhD (Author), Mélanie Bérubé RN MSN (Author), Céline Gélinas RN PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background Cardiac surgeries rank among the most frequent surgical procedures and present a risk of chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP). A continuum approach is required to prevent the development of CPSP. As a first step, a tailored web-based intervention was developed and successfully tested to tackl...