How should nurses manage pain in a person with cancer?
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How should nurses manage pain in a person with cancer?

Barry Quinn Senior lecturer, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
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It is advisable to adopt an inclusive approach with people living with cancer to aid assessment, support and treatment

Many people with a cancer diagnosis may be living with comorbidities and a range of symptoms, including pain (Quinn et al 2022). The ultimate aim of any pain management plan is to identify and, if possible, remove the cause/s of pain and/or to relieve the symptom (National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) 2021).

Cancer Nursing Practice. 21, 3, 21-21. doi: 10.7748/cnp.21.3.21.s12

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03 May 2022 / Vol 21 issue 3

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