Exploring factors influencing nurses' attitudes towards their role in dental care.

Background: The burden of oral disease requires collaboration between health care professionals. Nurses are frequently exposed to patients and can play a vital role in prevention of oral diseases. This study aimed to investigate nurses' attitudes towards their role in dental care and its associated factors.

Continuous local anesthetic wound infusion: Impact on pain score and opioid use in patients undergoing elective mastectomy.

Introduction: Opioids are commonly used to control acute postoperative pain but their usage is associated with significant complications and the potential of addiction. This study was designed to assess the effect of a Continuous Local Anesthetic Wound Infusion Catheter (CLAWIC) on pain score and as an opioid-sparing agent in patients undergoing elective mastectomy.

Method: The search was done using all patients' record from February 2013 to February 2018.