Non-Cancer Pain Management for New Mexico Advanced Practice Nurses (rev)-Content PDF handout

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This document provides a comprehensive overview of non-cancer pain management for healthcare professionals. It covers the experience and physiology of pain, comprehensive pain assessment, pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions, opioid prescribing guidelines, and issues of misuse and abuse. The importance of understanding pain as a disease and effectively managing it is emphasized. The document highlights the rights of people in pain, consequences of untreated pain, and various types of pain. It explores factors that influence pain experience, including psychosocial factors. A comprehensive pain assessment is emphasized, including pain scales and behavioral observations. The document also covers physical examination, diagnostic testing, and the assessment of psychological factors and suicide risk. It discusses pharmacologic interventions, including opioids and nonopioid analgesics, and their risks and benefits. Nonpharmacologic interventions such as physical modalities and psychological therapies are discussed. The document also covers the use of medical marijuana for pain management and the importance of assessing intervention effectiveness and preventing opioid misuse. Overall, it provides a comprehensive overview of pain assessment and management.

Keywords

non-cancer pain management

healthcare professionals

pain experience

pain assessment

physiology of pain

comprehensive pain assessment

pharmacologic interventions

nonpharmacologic interventions

opioid prescribing guidelines

misuse and abuse