Pain management in older adults : a nursing perspective / Gisèle Pickering, Sandra Zwakhalen, Sharon Kaasalainen, editors

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.

Chapter 1. Epidemiology of pain -- Chapter 2. Pathophysiology of pain -- Chapter 3. Assessment of Pain -- Chapter 4. Non pharmacological management of pain in the elderly -- Chapter 5. Pharmacological treatment of pain -- Chapter 6. Pain in older adults with intellectual disabilities -- Chapter 7. Pain in critically ill older patients -- Chapter 8.Nursing roles in managing pain in older adults -- Chapter 9. Attitudes and Barriers to Pain Management in the Ageing Population -- Chapter 10. Translating Knowledge to Improve Pain Management Practices for Older Adults.

Medienart:

E-Book

Erscheinungsjahr:

[2018]

Erschienen:

Cham, Switzerland: Springer ; 2018

Reproduktion:

Springer eBook Collection. Medicine

Reihe:

Perspectives in nursing management and care for older adults

SpringerLink, Bücher

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Pickering, Gisèle [HerausgeberIn]
Zwakhalen, Sandra [HerausgeberIn]
Kaasalainen, Sharon [HerausgeberIn]

Links:

Volltext
doi.org [lizenzpflichtig]

ISBN:

978-3-319-71694-7

Nlm:

WY 160.5

Themen:

Aged
Geriatric Nursing
Geriatric nursing
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Pain Management
Pain Measurement
Pain medicine

Umfang:

1 Online-Ressource (XI, 135 Seiten) ; Illustrationen

doi:

10.1007/978-3-319-71694-7

funding:

Förderinstitution / Projekttitel:

PPN (Katalog-ID):

1028037074