Evidence-based, practical guidanceÂ
- helps students learn to plan and implement pain management, and aligns with current guidelines and best practices.
- Comprehensive information on the pharmacologic management of pain includes nonopioid analgesics, opioid analgesics, and co-analgesics, including dose titration, routes of administration, and prevention of side effects.
- UNIQUE! Multimodal approach for pain management is explored throughout the book, as it affects assessment, the physiologic experience, and the culturally determined expression, acknowledgement, and management of pain.
- UNIQUE! Holistic, integrative approach includes thorough coverage of pain management with non-pharmacologic methods.
- Clinical scenarios are cited to illustrate key points.
- Equivalent analgesic action for common pain medications provides readers with useful guidance relating to medication selection.
- Pain-rating scales in over 20 languages are included in the appendix for improved patient/clinician communication and accurate pain assessment.
- UNIQUE! Authors Maureen F. Cooney and Ann Quinlan-Colwell are two of the foremost authorities in multimodal pain assessment and management.
- Sample forms, guidelines, protocols, and other hands-on tools are included, and may be reproduced for use in the classroom or clinical setting.
