Features for Nurses
Identifies competencies and knowledge expected of hospice and home health care nurses
Provides extensive information on how to complete a comprehensive pain assessment using evidence-based tools
Uses the nursing process to frame key elements necessary to execute a pain managment plan of care based on the patient and family self-identified goals Explains pain management "action" strategies that includes pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic measures
Provides 50 quick reference tools, scales, and tables for assessment, care planning, and accurate documentation
Uses adult learning principles and visual clues for ease of use and retention Includes measures that support safe and effective pain management care Includes clinical exercises, steps in reporting patient status, working examples and case scenarios that stimulate critical thinking and clinical decision-making
Addresses ways to meet the new Medicare Conditions of Participation for Hospice Describes pain management guidelines that can be measured and used to develop the Hospice Quality Assessment and Process Improvement (QAPI) program
Integrates OASIS and coding considerations for M0420 and M0430 into the pain management assessment and evaluation plan Emphasizes strategies to maximize your patient's self-management skills Describes measures for thorough discharge-planning
Includes 29 easy-to-read pain teaching tools to quickly adapt for each patient Formulates patient-teaching and empowerment tools that emphasize the "patient as partner" in the pain management process
American Pain Foundation's Pain Bill of Rights Pain Assessment Scales Nonopioid Analgesics Common Opioids: Characteristics, Dosing, and Side Effects
Initiation, Titration, and Breakthrough Pain Management Routes of Administration Opioid Equianalgesic Dosing Chart
Karnofsky Performance Status Scale Patient Education Tools
ISBN-13: 978-0-9788865-0-9 ISBN-10: 0-9788865-1-8 8 1/2" x 11", 179 pagesPeer Reviewed "The Product will be excellent for home care and hospice clinicians. We have been working on the Quality Improvement Advisory Council as Outcome Indicators for Hospice are being developed. The first focus is to decrease avoidable hospital admissions, so I find this timely."
"Pain is ubiquitous in home care and hospice practice. It is essential that all nurses have excellent pain assessment and management skills to achieve appropriate therapeutic outcomes. This resource will provide staff with those skills and raise the bar for pain management."
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