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Jan 15, 2024 · Nurses may use an array of alternative therapies for pain management, ranging from acupuncture, yoga, and meditation to guided imagery. These aim to reduce your patient’s perception of pain or increase their ability to cope with it.
Education about safe pain management will help prevent undertreatment of pain and the resulting harmful effects. Safety includes the use of appropriate tools for assessing pain in cognitively intact adults and cognitively impaired adults. Otherwise pain may be unrecognized or underestimated.
- Nancy Wells, Chris Pasero, Margo McCaffery
- 2008/04
- 2008
This guideline provides evidence-based recommendations for nurses and other members of the interprofessional team who are assessing and managing people with the presence or risk of any type of pain. We’ve designed this guideline to help nurses and their interprofessional teams become more…
It is imperative for nurses to ensure that patients with painful conditions can work with their health care providers to develop pain treatment plans that balance pain control, optimize function, and enhance quality of life while also minimizing risks for opioid misuse and harm.
- 2021
Mar 7, 2024 · This article seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the physiology of pain and the various classifications used in clinical practice. It also aims to raise awareness of the skills that nurses require for the assessment and management of an individual patient's pain.
Mar 30, 2022 · Effective pain management requires nurses to undertake a structured assessment to identify the probable causes of pain and guide management. Interventions used to reduce pain can be varied and multimodal.
Apr 11, 2019 · The holistic assessment and management of pain is important, as pain involves the mind as well as the body, and is activated by a variety of stimuli, including biological, physical, and psychological (Boore et al, 2016).
