"CRNAs, for example, help manage patients' post-surgical pain expectations by establishing close rapports with their patients, assessing their needs and educating them about what to expect during the operative and post-operative period.

Acute pain management is just one of many examples where advanced practice nurses are taking leadership roles in hospitals both locally and nationally. Hospitals across the United States will continue to have better access to technology, and those providing care will increasingly have the skills and training needed to comprehensively treat acute pain."

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