By
Margo McCaffery, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, Consultant in the Nursing Care of Patients with Pain
Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, Pain Management Educator and Clinical Consultant
Description
PAIN: CLINICAL MANUAL provides practical tools and guidelines for treating patients' pain in all clinical settings and age groups. This
useful resource features ready-to-use, reproducible pain rating scales, guidelines, forms, and patient medication information handouts.
Comprehensive pharmacologic chapters discuss the three groups of analgesics, dose titration, drug combinations, routes of administration,
and prevention of side effects. Additionally, it includes pain rating scales in over 20 languages and quick guides with illustrations
of selected pain problems. PAIN: CLINICAL MANUAL is a valuable resource for anyone who cares for patients with pain.
