Main description:

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.

Contents:

- Chapter 1. Epidemiology of pain
Gisele Pickering
- Chapter 2- Pathophysiology of painElodie Martin
- Chapter 3. Assessment of Pain Thomas Fischer, Erika Sirsch, Irmela Gnass and Sandra Zwakhalen
- Chapter 4. Non pharmacological management of pain in the elderly. Carol Macintosh-Franklin
- Chapter 5. Pharmacological treatment of pain
Gisele Pickering

- Chapter 6. Pain in older adults with intellectual disabilitiesDr. Nanda Cecile de Knegt
- Chapter 7. Pain in critically ill older patientsMarie- Madlen Jeitziner, Beatrice Jenni-Moser, Thekla Brunkert, Franziska Zuniga
- Chapter 8. Nursing roles in managing pain in older adults Abby Wickson-Griffiths, Sharon Kaasalainen, Laura Pokoradi - Chapter 9. Attitudes and Barriers to Pain Management in the Ageing Population
Dr Paul Cameron, Rebecca Chandler, Prof Pat Schofield

- Chapter 10. Translating Knowledge to Improve Pain Management Practices for Older Adults
Esther Coker, Sharon Kaasalainen