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Nurses\u2019 ability to provide optimal care was found to be influenced by organisational factors such as workforce planning and the workplace environment. Provision of knowledge and skills to both nurses and older patients through education was found to facilitate better pain management; whilst a model of care whereby the nurse has authority and the patient is perceived as a passive recipient was found to be a hindrance to optimal pain management outcomes.<br \/>\nConclusion: Findings indicate that nurses need to improve communication with older patients, increase their knowledge of pain assessment and management principles in regards to this population, and have a greater awareness of human and social influences. Whilst organisational factors can impact upon nursing care, pain management needs to be highly prioritised and promoted as&nbsp; essential. Targeted education is required to overcome many of the identified barriers, and is a key recommendation from this review.<\/p>\n<h2>Authors<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Sally Fitzgerald<\/li>\n<li>Henrietta Tripp<\/li>\n<li>Gillian Halksworth-Smith<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Keywords<\/h2>\n<p>pain, ageing, older person, acute, nurse<\/p>\n<h2>References<\/h2>\n<p>References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article was originally published as: Assessment and management of acute pain in older people: barriers and facilitators to nursing&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[4416,4414,3945,4415,3891],"class_list":["post-7411","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-acute","tag-ageing","tag-nurse","tag-older-person","tag-pain","wpcat-124-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.8 - 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