Compact Clinical Guide to Geriatric Pain Management: An Evidence-Based Approach

Description: Compact Clinical Guide to Geriatric Pain Management by Ann Quinlan-Colwell, Yvonne D'Arcy Providing techniques, tips, and tools for assessing pain in older adults, this book examines barriers to appropriate treatment and addresses the physiological and psychosocial factors underlying the process and occurrence of pain. Plus it helps nurses to develop a comprehensive multimodal approach to pain management that includes pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Older adults can be especially susceptible to the debilitating effects of chronic pain, yet there are often barriers to successfully alleviating pain on the part of elderly patients and the health care professionals who treat them. This comprehensive guide to geriatric pain management provides the most current information available on assessment and treatment of pain in older adults. In a concise, reader-friendly format, the book provides techniques, tips, and tools for assessing pain and examines barriers to appropriate treatment. It addresses the physiological and psychosocial factors underlying the process and occurrence of pain and helps nurses to develop a comprehensive multimodal approach to pain management that includes pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. The guide provides detailed coverage of medications commonly used for pain management, including all contraindications and side effects, so that nurses will be able to evaluate the best use of a medication in the context of comorbidities and sensitivities of each individual. Also addressed are chronic illnesses common to the elderly population, palliative and hospice care, treatment of concurrent depression and anxiety, treatment of cognitively impaired elderly, and techniques for assessment and intervention in cases of substance abuse. Author Biography Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, RNC, AHNBC, DAAPM, works as Pain Management Clinical Nurse Specialist at New Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, NC. She serves as a pain management consultant, a leader influencing policy and procedure development, educator for patients, families, nurses and other health care providers, researcher in pain management and nursing care, and provider of clinical care. She is also chair of the nursing research committee. Dr. Quinlan-Colwell has had extensive pain management experience in clinical and coordinator roles at Duke University Medical Center, hospice, palliative, and home health care with several agencies including UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke Hospice and Palliative Care, and Castle Point VA Medical Center (NY). She currently is certified in pain management nursing (ANCC), Advanced Holistic Nursing (AHNBC), and holistic stress management instruction and is a diplomat in the American Academy of Pain Management. She has published several articles in peer-reviewed nursing journals as well as book chapters on therapeutic touch and acute pain management. She has presented her research nationally and internationally and routinely addresses health care professionals on various aspects of pain management.||Yvonne DArcy, MS, CRNP, CNS, is the Pain Management and Palliative Care Nurse Practitioner at Suburban Hospital- Johns Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. She has served on the board of directors for the American Society of Pain Management Nurses and has played an integral role in the formulation of several guidelines on the management of acute and chronic pain. She is a Principle Investigator at Suburban Hospital for several studies to include the use of EMLA to reduce pain in elderly patients when IVs are placed. and the Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence -based methods to Measure and Improve Pain Outcomes. Ms. DArcy is also the recipient of the Nursing Spectrum Nursing Excellence Award in the Washington DC, Maryland, and Virginia districts for Advancing and Leading the Profession. She has contributed to numerous books and journals throughout her career. Books include Pain Management: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Nursing Professionals, Compact Clinical Guide to Chronic Pain, and Her book, How to Manage Pain in the Elderly is an American Journal of Nursing book of the year for 2010.Her books, A Compact Clinical Guide to Cancer Pain co-authored with Pamela Davies, and A Compact Clinical to Womens Pain, are scheduled for a 2012 publication. Ms DArcy lectures and presents nationally and internationally on such topics as chronic pain, difficult-to-treat neuropathic pain syndromes, how to teat pain in the elderly, and all aspects of acute pain management. Articles she has published can be found in an extensive number of journals, including but not limited to American Nurse Today, Nursing 2011, Pain Management Nursing, PT Insider, and Nurse Practitioner Journal. Table of Contents ForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSECTION I: AN OVERVIEW OF PAIN IN THE OLDER ADULT1. Physiological Factors and Pain Processing in the Older Adult2. The Psychosocial Impact of Pain on the Older Adult PatientSECTION II: ASSESSING PAIN IN THE OLDER ADULT3. Pain Assessment in the Older Adult Patient4. Assessing Pain in the Nonverbal, Cognitively Impaired Older Adults5. A Review of Pain Assessment Tools for Use with the Older Adult PatientSECTION III: MANAGING PAIN IN THE OLDER ADULT6. Developing a Comprehensive Plan for Managing Pain in Older Adults7. Choosing the Right Medication for the Pain Complaint8. Adjuvant Analgesic Medications9. Managing Medication Side Effects and Specific Recommendations for Using Medications with Older PatientsSECTION IV: OTHER TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR PAIN RELIEF10. Interventional Options Such as Vertebroplasty for Compression Fractures, Nerve Blocks, and Acupuncture11. Complementary Interventions for Pain Management in Older Adults12. The Role of Physical Therapy with Pain and ReconditioningSECTION V: PAIN CONTROL FOR END OF LIFE CARE13. Palliative Care: Techniques to Promote Comfort14. When Is Hospice the Best Option?SECTION VI: PAIN CONDITIONS COMMON IN OLDER ADULTS15. Osteoarthritis and Gout16. Chronic Back Pain and Osteoporosis17. Neuropathic Pain Associated with Postherpetic Neuralgia and Diabetic Neuropathy18. Central Poststoke Pain Syndrome19. Facial Pain Associated with Temporal Arteritis and Trigeminal Neuralgia20. Rheumatological Conditions21. FibromyalgiaSECTION VII: SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN MANAGING PAIN IN OLDER ADULTS22. Anxiety and Depression with Pain in Older Adults23. Alcohol and Substance Use, Misuse, and AbuseIndex Long Description Older adults can be especially susceptible to the debilitating effects of chronic pain, yet there are often barriers to successfully alleviating pain on the part of elderly patients and the health care professionals who treat them. This comprehensive guide to geriatric pain management provides the most current information available on assessment and treatment of pain in older adults. In a concise, reader-friendly format, the book provides techniques, tips, and tools for assessing pain and examines barriers to appropriate treatment. It addresses the physiological and psychosocial factors underlying the process and occurrence of pain and helps nurses to develop a comprehensive multimodal approach to pain management that includes pharmacological and nonpharmacological interventions. The guide provides detailed coverage of medications commonly used for pain management, including all contraindications and side effects, so that nurses will be able to evaluate the best use of a medication in the context of comorbidities and sensitivities of each individual. Also addressed are chronic illnesses common to the elderly population, palliative and hospice care, treatment of concurrent depression and anxiety, treatment of cognitively impaired elderly, and techniques for assessment and intervention in cases of substance abuse. Details ISBN0826107303 Author Yvonne DArcy Short Title COMPACT CLINICAL GT GERIATRIC Language English ISBN-10 0826107303 ISBN-13 9780826107305 Media Book Format Paperback Imprint Springer Publishing Co Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Subtitle An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses Edited by Yvonne M DArcy Residence Wilmington, NC Illustrations black & white illustrations, black & white tables Series Springer Year 2011 NZ Release Date 2011-12-20 Pages 460 Publisher Springer Publishing Co Inc Publication Date 2011-12-30 DEWEY 618.9760472 Audience General US Release Date 2011-12-30 AU Release Date 2011-10-19 UK Release Date 2011-12-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:129832521;

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