GUIDELINE OBJECTIVE(S) To establish common definitions for terms used in pain management To promote the health, safety and welfare of residents in nursing facilities, assisted living, residential health care facilities, and adult health services, by establishing guidelines for the assessment, monitoring, and management of pain To provide professional staff with standards of practice that will assist them in the effective assessment, monitoring, and management of the resident's pain To educate the resident, family, and staff To limit liability of health care providers To comply with State of New Jersey's Pain Management regulations

Pain Management - Protocol (UNC)

Patient-Controlled Analgesia eNotes Nursing Encyclopedia

Medscape Resource Center Pain affects tens of millions of people in the US and is associated with a variety of effects that can destroy the pain sufferer's quality of life. Despite this high prevalence, chronic pain is generally misunderstood and not well managed. To clarify these issues, this Resource Center provides the latest medical news and clinical information on the pharmacologic management of pain, including reports from recent conferences, review articles, CME programs, and links to clinical practice guidelines and other related resources on the Web.