Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice

Assessing and managing painthe primary symptom for those seeking health careis imperative in every RNs daily practice. Pain management nursing takes this further with its specific focus to alleviate pain, improve pain relief, optimize function, and maintain quality of life of patients across the life span and in every practice setting. The premier resource for todays pain management nurse, Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition is informed by ongoing advances in nursing, patient care, and the understanding of pain in its many dimensions. It addresses what every RN in this evidence-based practice specialty needs to know, including practice roles, tenets and principles, essential knowledge and skills, ethical considerations, and trends in care, education, public policy, and technology. This new editions 17 competency-based standards provide a framework for evaluating practice outcomes and goals and for delineating what is expected of all pain management nurses. Its scope of practicewhich establishes the who, what, where, when, why, and how of their practiceis the context for applying these standards. Among the pain management and pain care topics covered: Pathophysiology of pain in the context of each patients safety, pain perception and response, and biopsychosocialspiritual needs How each of the nine provisions of the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements can be applied in practice Multimodal pain management options to achieve best treatment outcomes Emerging insights from genetics and genomics into such areas as opioid metabolism and pain perception, and response to opioid analgesics Networking, partnering and collaborating Patient care and guidance using data from digital prescription monitoring programs and patient apps Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice, 2nd Edition is a must-have for practicing or aspiring pain management nurse, and a useful resource for interprofessional practitioners and stakeholders involved in pain care.