Pain Management in Older Adults : A Nursing Perspective Paperback / softback
Edited by Gisele Pickering, Sandra Zwakhalen, Sharon Kaasalainen
Part of the Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults series
Paperback / softback
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This book addresses relevant issues to enhance pain management nurses need to advocate for effective pain treatment in the elderly.
Significant changes in the evolving nursing and healthcare environment require adequate information on this topic, as pain is a very challenging area.
As other care professionals, nurses are daily confronted with issues on pain assessment and management.
This volume offers an overview within an evolving health environment, in which nurses dealing with pain play a growing role.
It showcases best practices in pain assessment and management, details non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments.
It also addresses core issues defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), such as knowledge translation, that are most relevant for clinical nurses, student nurses, nurse researchers as well as other care professionals.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:135 pages, 6 Illustrations, color; XI, 135 p. 6 illus. in color.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:22/12/2018
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- ISBN:9783030100940
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Out of StockMore expected soonContact us for further information
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:135 pages, 6 Illustrations, color; XI, 135 p. 6 illus. in color.
- Publisher:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Publication Date:22/12/2018
- Category:
- ISBN:9783030100940
