PAIN: Clinical Manual provides nurses, pharmacists, and physicians with a comprehensive, invaluable guide to an interdisciplinary approach for the care of patients with pain. Committed to improving the care of patients with pain, the authors along with contributors apply scientific knowledge and their clinical experience to provide practical tools and guidelines for the care of patients in all clinical settings and all age groups. Highlights include the following: Pharmacologic content in four chapters–the three analgesic groups and an overview of how to combine them Ready-to-use, reproducible patient-information handouts on analgesics and nondrug methods of pain relief Ready-to-use, reproducible policies, procedures, and protocols Patient examples that illustrate key points Pain rating scales in over 20 languages Pediatric content that is integrated throughout and easily identified by an icon Laminated cards: Equianalgesic Charts–opioids and nonopioids; Dosing Guides–adjuvant analgesics and nonopioid analgesics Clinical snapshots and illustrations of selected pain problems such as pain related to sickle cell disease, peripheral neuropathy, and fibromyalgia
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