Peripheral neuropathic pain: supporting patients with self-management
Intended for healthcare professionals
Evidence and practice    

Peripheral neuropathic pain: supporting patients with self-management

Charlotte Sear Clinical nurse specialist pain management, Harefield Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield Hospitals, Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, Harefield, England

Why you should read this article:
  • To understand the causes of peripheral neuropathic pain and its effects on patients’ quality of life

  • To be aware of the non-pharmacological interventions that may be used to manage peripheral neuropathic pain

  • To consider how you could support patients to self-manage their peripheral neuropathic pain

Peripheral neuropathic pain is a complex condition that can adversely affect people’s quality of life. Alongside pharmacological interventions, nurses can support patients to self-manage their pain using non-pharmacological interventions such as lifestyle changes and exercise. To do this effectively, nurses should be able to recognise the signs and symptoms of peripheral neuropathic pain and be able to educate patients on appropriate self-management approaches. It is important that nurses provide education, advice and information in a way that patients can understand and check this understanding. This article provides an overview of how nurses can support patients to self-manage peripheral neuropathic pain by using various non-pharmacological interventions.

Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2024.e12318

Peer review

This article has been subject to external double-blind peer review and checked for plagiarism using automated software

@cesear90

Correspondence

c.sear@rbht.nhs.uk

Conflict of interest

None declared

Sear C (2024) Peripheral neuropathic pain: supporting patients with self-management. Nursing Standard. doi: 10.7748/ns.2024.e12318

Published online: 18 March 2024

Want to read more?

RCNi-Plus
Already have access? Log in

or

3-month trial offer for £5.25/month

Subscribe today and save 50% on your first three months
RCNi Plus users have full access to the following benefits:
  • Unlimited access to all 10 RCNi Journals
  • RCNi Learning featuring over 175 modules to easily earn CPD time
  • NMC-compliant RCNi Revalidation Portfolio to stay on track with your progress
  • Personalised newsletters tailored to your interests
  • A customisable dashboard with over 200 topics
Subscribe

Alternatively, you can purchase access to this article for the next seven days. Buy now


Are you a student? Our student subscription has content especially for you.
Find out more