Overview
- Details practical aspects of pain management for nurses caring for the elderly
- Addresses core issues defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP)
- Written by best international nurses’ leaders involved in pain care
- Presented as an educational tool
Part of the book series: Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults (PNMCOA)
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About this book
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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About the editors
Sandra Zwakhalen, RN, PhD is an Associate Professor with the Department of Health Services Research at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. She is a health scientist, originally trained as a nurse and her main research topic is: geriatric nursing care with a particular focus on pain assessment and management. She is one of the two coordinators of the Living Lab for Care of Older People. She serves as a board member at the European Academy of Nursing.
Sharon Kaasalainen, RN, PhD is an Associate Professor with the School of Nursing and is an Associate member of the Department of Family Medicine at McMaster University, in the US. Her research program is focused on improving the quality of life for people living in Long Term Care (LTC) homes with a particular focus on pain management and palliative care using participatory action research methods. Other areas of interest include optimizing the role of nurse practitioners in LTC, specifically related to pain management.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Pain Management in Older Adults
Book Subtitle: A Nursing Perspective
Editors: Gisèle Pickering, Sandra Zwakhalen, Sharon Kaasalainen
Series Title: Perspectives in Nursing Management and Care for Older Adults
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71694-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-71693-0Published: 02 August 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10094-0Published: 22 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-71694-7Published: 18 July 2018
Series ISSN: 2522-8838
Series E-ISSN: 2522-8846
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 135
Number of Illustrations: 6 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geriatric Care, Pain Medicine