Book Description
In Approaches to Pain Management: An Essential Guide for Clinical Leaders, clinical leaders in hospital, behavioral health care, ambulatory, long term care, and hospice settings describe how they developed and implemented pain management programs to address Joint Commission standards and how they make pain management an integral part of their care services. The book explains:
- why pain management has become such a critical are of health care,
- how to meet the standards' basic requirements,
- how to commit the organisation to pain management
- how to establish an effective pain management program, and
- how to identify and use evidence-based medicine resources for pain management.
A variety of policies, procedures, protocols, and tools, such as overall pain management policies, assessment forms and treatment guidelines, care plans, patient and family education materials, and staff education resources, are featured for organisations to adapt for their own standards compliance efforts.
Key Features
- Clear layout; making the book an easy reference for quick information
- Multi author
- Lots of good examples of care plans, pain assessment tools, etc
- Handy 'letter' size
- Extensively referenced and evidence-based
- Gives good documentation tips
- Assists with compliance to Joint Commission Standards
- Very popular American guide, which has sold extremely well in Australia
About The Editor
Joint Commission Resources
Joint Commission Resources (JCR) is a client-focused, expert resource for health care organisations. It partners with these organisations, providing consulting services, educational services and publications to assist in improving the quality, safety and efficiency of health care services, and to assist in meeting the accreditation standards of the Joint Commission. JCR is a subsidiary of JCAHO, but provides services independently and confidentially, disclosing no information about its clients to JCAHO or others.
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