Pain Management Journal of Nursing
Compassion in Care: Rethinking Pain Management for Patients with Opioid Use Disorder
Tags: opiods pain management pain relief
Op-Ed discussing post-operative pain management options for patients with Opioid Use Disorder. Every patient deserves adequate pain control, no matter their personal or medical history. Ensuring adequate pain control for all patients is a fundamental aspect of compassionate, effective healthcare, but it is especially crucial for patients with OUD. A carefully designed, multimodal protocol that reduces opioid use but still provides relief allows patients with OUD to recover safely and with dignity. This, in turn, lowers their risk of dependency complications while supporting both their physical and psychological healing.
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Nurse "I am in Pain"
Tags: chronic Chronic Pain pain pain management
Pain education and management is important. Everyone suffers from pain at one point. Pain is very subjective and everyone should know when to seek help by medical professionals.
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Quality Improvement in Pain Management
Tags: healthcare system opiods pain pain management pain relief quality of nursing
Discusses quality improvement approaches in pain management in the midst of the national opioid epidemic.
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Multimodal Analgesia: Ways to Take Away the Pain
Tags: analgesia anesthesia multimodal pain management Regional anesthesia
This article addresses ways to use multimodal analgesia such as opioids, anti-inflammatories, regional anesthesia, etc to achieve greater pain control in patients.
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Post-Operative pain management in Total Joint Replacements: Finding a Balance
Tags: joint replacements pain management Post-operative pain surgery
Post-operative pain can place patients at high risk for complications.
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