Product Description

Assessement and management of pain is an integral aspect of patient care for nurses working in all health care settings. Pain management is a practical guide to current best practice, providing students and newly qualified nurses with the knowledge and skills required to care for a person experiencing or at risk of experiencing pain.

Pain Management explores pain assessment, evaluation and therapeutic management and challenges nurses to reflect upon their practice in order to update and improve their clinical practice. It adopts a chronological approach, exploring the essential clinical skills required to effectively manage pain in all ages from the neonate to the older person. Case studies, algorithms and evidence encourage implementation of best practice throughout the book.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #135948 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 312 pages

From the Publisher
* A practical guide to best the evidence and practice in pain management
* Draws upon published clinical guidelines and standards for the management of pain
* Explores typical experiences of acute and chronic pain across different age groups
* Includes algorithms to encourage implementation of best practice
* Within ‘Essential Clinical Skills for Nurses’ series

From the Back Cover
Assessement and management of pain is an integral aspect of patient care for nurses working in all health care settings. Pain management is a practical guide to current best practice, providing students and newly qualified nurses with the knowledge and skills required to care for a person experiencing or at risk of experiencing pain.

Pain Management explores pain assessment, evaluation and therapeutic management and challenges nurses to reflect upon their practice in order to update and improve their clinical practice. It adopts a chronological approach, exploring the essential clinical skills required to effectively manage pain in all ages from the neonate to the older person. Case studies, algorithms and evidence encourage implementation of best practice throughout the book.

About the Author
Eloise Carr is Senior Lecturer, Research and Professional Development, Institute of Health & Community Studies, Bournemouth University.

Eileen Mann is Nurse Consultant in Pain Management, Poole Hospital NHS Trust and Lecturer–Practitioner, Institute of Health & Community Studies, Bournemouth University

Customer Reviews

A great pocket book on pain
This is very factual and content heavy and is presented as a pocket book. It is a good basic textbook on different methods of pain management that is firmly based upon the clinical evidence. It is best used as a companion to Carr and Mann earlier book in that case studies and resources are included but the emphasis is not on learning. It works best as a guide to different conditions and techniques and has some very good summaries.

Pain Management as an educational resource
This book is an excellent resource for either the undergraduate or post graduate nurse student. Very suitable educational resource and comprehensive quide. Discusses the assessment and management of pain and provides case studies to illustrate and support content.