Clinical Pain Management: An Essential Handbook for Long-Term Care Nurses

Clinical Pain Management: An Essential Handbook for Long-Term Care Nurses Barbara Acello, MS, RN Identify, assess, and treat resident pain in your nursing home The guidance you need to manage resident pain at your facility This comprehensive resource helps clinicians to identify, assess, and treat resident pain using procedures that comply with CMS regulations. Written from a clinical perspective, this book and CD-ROM answers any question a nurse or administrator may have about incorporating effective pain management into resident care plans. At 250 pages, this resource gives you: Clinical procedures to recognize and assess pain including how to develop an effective care plan A jam-packed CD-ROM that features more than 10 different pain scales and over 50 additional resources on pain Descriptions of different pain treatments, side effects, and protocols Insight into what CMS surveyors look for under F309 and tips to ensure compliance on survey day Order today and receive more than 10 different pain scales and over 50 additional resources on pain on the CD-ROM! Here are some of the tools included on the CD-ROM: Behavioral Pain Assessment Example Bowel Regimen to Prevent Opioid Constipation Nursing Comfort Measures and Other Potential Care Plan Interventions Fixed Combination Analgesic Examples Medication Agreement Pain Flow Sheet Pain Management Licensed Nurse Competency Guidelines Pain Management in Long Term Care Sample Policy Pain Assessment and Management Audit Chart Review Tool for Monitoring Quality Indicators Effective Take a look at the Table of Contents: Chapter 1: Introduction to Pain Management in the Long-Term Care Facility Introduction to Pain Definitions Associated with Pain in Long-Term Care Residents Pain in Elderly Persons Effects and Results of Pain Pain and Depression Other Barriers to Pain Identification and Management Quality of Life Nursing Responsibilities What Matters Establishing a Pain Management Program It Takes a Village Chapter 2: Pain Assessment Pain Assessment Pain Screening Pain Recognition and the Role of the Nurse Assessor The Initial Pain Assessment Nursing Physical Assessment Residents with Behavior Problems Nursing Response to Residents Who Are Having Pain Chapter 3: The Plan of Care The Plan of Care Care Plan Format Formulating a Nursing Diagnosis Care Plan Approaches Nursing Comfort Measures and Other Potential Care Plan Interventions Detrimental Effects of Noise Alternative and Complementary Approaches Care Plan Review and Revision Due to Changes Chapter 4: Pain Treatment Protocols and Guidelines Selection of Treatments Treatment Resources and Guidelines to Assist Facilities Nursing Concerns Monitoring and Reporting The Plan Titration: The Principle Other Considerations Categorizing the Residents Nursing Responsibilities in Pain Management Pitfalls and Problems to Consider Changing Drugs Chapter 5: Pain Management and Oral Drugs Age-Related Changes Affecting Pharmacologic Intervention Initiating an Analgesic Regimen Using the WHO Ladder Caring for Residents with Mild Pain Drugs for Moderate Pain Drugs for Severe Pain Chapter 6: Pain Management and Other Methods of Administration Changing from Oral Medication to a Transdermal Delivery System Fentanyl Diversion Topical Analgesics Cobroxin(TM) Pain and Spasticity Management Chapter 7: Side Effects and Complications of Analgesia Side Effects of Analgesics Acetaminophen Toxicity Analgesic Nephropathy Pseudoaddiction Tolerance and Dependence Chapter 8: Special Situations and Populations The Nursing Assistant's Perspective Palliative Care Residents with a History of Addiction or Substance Abuse Pediatric Pain Management Pain Contracts Chapter 9: Quality of Care and Regulatory Compliance Quality Assurance Aggregate of Care Issues F309, Quality of Care Compliance with F309 Survey Quality Improvement

About the Author :
Barbara Acello, MS, RN, is an independent nurse consultant and educator. She has worked in long-term care for more than thirty-three years. In addition to owning and operating a school for nursing assistants, she helped to write and develop mandatory state curricula for nurse aides and EMTs.