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Assessment and Management of Pain

Topics:
Bpg, Pain
Type of Guideline: 
Clinical
Status: 
Published
Publish Date: 
2002
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About this Guideline:

The guideline contains recommendations for best nursing practices in the assessment and management of pain for Registered Nurses (RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs).

It is acknowledged that the individual competency of nurses varies between nurses and across categories of nursing professionals (RNs and RPNs) and is based on knowledge, skills, attitudes, critical analysis and decision making which is enhanced over time by experience and education.

Revised 2007

Downloadable Files:
AttachmentSize
Maitriser sa Douleur215.69 KB
Evaluation et Prise en Charge de la Douleur7.67 MB
Implementation Resources: 
Assessment and Management of Pain in the Elderly - Learning Package Long-Term Care
Toolbox for Implementation of a Falls Prevention Program in Long-Term Care
Toolkit: Implementation of Best Practice Guidelines, Second Edition
Translations for this Guideline: 
Accertamento e gestione del dolore
Évaluation et prise en charge de la douleur
Valoración y manejo del dolor
疼痛の 評価と管理
Related Fact Sheets: 
Gaining Control of Your Pain
BPG Spotlight Organization: 
Baycrest
Bayshore Home Health
Bluewater Health
Cambridge Memorial Hospital
Red Cross Care Partners
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
Trillium Health Partners
Grand River Hospital
Guelph General Hospital
Hamilton Niagara Haldimand Brant Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Mount Sinai Hospital
Niagara Health System
North Bay Nurse Practitioner-Led Clinic
peopleCare
Royal Victoria Hospital
Saint Elizabeth Healthcare
St. Joseph's Health Care, Hamilton
St. Joseph's Health Care, London
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids)
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
University Health Network
VHA Home HealthCare
Victorian Order of Nurses (VON)
West Park Healthcare Centre
Women's College Hospital
Mackenzie Health
Panel Members: 

Revision Panel Members (2007)
Doris Howell, RN, PhD Team Leader
Maria Beadle, RN, CHPCN(c)
Ann Brignell, RN, CHPCN(c)
Marilyn Deachman, RN, BA, CHPCN(c)
Heike Lackenbauer, RN, BScN, CHPCN(c)
Salima Ladak, RN, BScN, MN, ACNP
Andrea Martin, RN
Janice Muir, RN, BSc, BSN, MSc(N)
Shirley Musclow, RN, MN, ACNP
Lori Palozzi, RN, MScN, ACNP
Sharon Preston, RN, CHPCN(c)
Suzanne Watt, RN, MSc(A), CON(c)
Judy Watt-Watson, RN, PhD
Karen Winter, RN, BScN, MN(cand)
Heather McConnell, RN, BScN, MA(Ed)

Development Panel Members (2002)
Doris Howell, RN, MScN, PhD(cand.) Team Leader
Maria Beadle, RN
Ann Brignell, RN
Marilyn Deachman, RN, BA
Heike Lackenbauer, RN
Lori Palozzi, RN, MScN, ACNP
Sharon Preston, RN
Cynthia Struthers, RN, MScN, ACNP, AOCN
Karima Velji, RN, MSc, PhD(cand), ACNP, AOCN
Judy Watt-Watson, RN, PhD