Mann, Eileen M.

Pain management / Eileen Mann and Eloise Carr. - Oxford : Blackwell, 2006. - xiii, 298 p. : ill. ; 19 cm. - Essential clinical skills for nurses .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Understanding the principals of pain management --2. Types of pain and basic strategies for Pain Management--3. Pain in neonates and Infants (0 - 6 months)--4. Pain in childhood (6 months to 12 years)--5. Pain in early adulthood (12 - 18 years)--6. Pain in the middle adult years (18 - 55years)--7. Pain in Older adults--8. The Organisation of Pain Management Services.

Ideal for students and newly qualified nurses, this text is a practical guide to best practice in pain management. Drawing upon published clinical guidelines and standards for the management of pain, it explores pain assessment, evaluation and therapeutic management.

9781405130714 (pbk.) : £16.99 9781405130714

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Pain.
Pain--Treatment
Nursing
Pain & pain management
Health and Wellbeing.
Pain--classification
Pain--therapy
Palliative Care.

RB127 / .M36 2006

616.0472 MAN