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Principles of pain assessment in older people – part 1

01 November 2001

Nursing Older People

Nursing older people

The nursing management of pain in older people

01 October 2002

Nursing Older People

CPD

Effective pain management requires a combination of complex nursing skills, particularly so if patients are cognitively impaired. This article examines the skills...

principles of pain assessment in older people–part 2

01 December 2001

Nursing Older People

General

It is a common misconception that pain cannot be assessed in older adults with cognitive impairment (Watt-Watson 1992). Pain assessment may be more complex but...

The nursing management of pain in older people

15 January 2003

Nursing Standard

CPD

This article examines the complex skills nurses need to manage pain in older people and the tools that can help quantify a subjective experience. It also examines...

Understanding the experience and physiology of pain

22 September 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article, the third in a series of articles written by pain nurse specialists, explains the underlying physiology of pain. Nociceptive pain describes the normal...

Assessment and expression of pain

15 September 2010

Nursing Standard

Art & Science

This article, the second in a series of articles on pain, describes the importance of pain assessment. It explores the individuality of patients’ pain expression and...