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Compact Clinical Guide to Chronic Pain Management: Evidence-based Approach for Primary Care

Compact Clinical Guide to Chronic Pain Management: Evidence-based Approach for Primary Care

by YvonneM.D'Arcy (Author)

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    Paperback 2010

    $62.55
Synopsis

This clinically oriented book provides quick access to needed pain management guidelines presented in a clear, systematic format. The book assists practitioners in assessing pain in a variety of patient populations, as well as selecting patient-appropriate medications and interventions to achieve optimal pain management for adult patients. The book focuses on treatment options for patients with chronic persistent pain, or pain that lasts beyond the normal healing time period of 3 to 6 months. Crucial information on managing the pain of chronic pain conditions is included, such as rheumatoid arthritis as well as difficult to treat conditions such as fibromyalgia and neuropathic pain. The text is designed to guide the practitioner in the selection of medication management options as well as considering other types of treatment options such as acupuncture, energy therapies, psychological, and coping strategies. The book also presents essential information on safe prescribing and screening tools such as the Opioid Risk Tool (ORT) and screening tools for aberrant behaviors. It offers the newest guidelines on how to use a combination of pain screening tools to accurately assess the nature, intensity, and occurrence of patient pain.

$62.55

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20+ in stock

More Information

Format: Paperback
 Pages: 368
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Springer Publishing Co Inc
Published: 15 Jun 2010
ISBN 10: 0826105408
ISBN 13: 9780826105400

Author Bio

Yvonne D'Arcy, 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. D'Arcy 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 Women's Pain, are scheduled for a 2012 publication. Ms D'Arcy 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.