TY - BOOK ID - 33058788 TI - Pain Management in Older Adults : A Nursing Perspective AU - Pickering, Gisèle. AU - Zwakhalen, Sandra. AU - Kaasalainen, Sharon. PY - 2018 SN - 331971693X 3319716948 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Medicine. KW - Geriatric nursing. KW - Pain medicine. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Geriatric Care. KW - Pain Medicine. KW - Medicine KW - Gerontological nursing KW - Nursing KW - Clinical sciences KW - Medical profession KW - Human biology KW - Life sciences KW - Medical sciences KW - Pathology KW - Physicians KW - Pain in old age KW - Treatment. KW - Geriatric pain KW - Older people KW - Diseases KW - Algiatry UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:33058788 AB - This book addresses relevant issues to enhance pain management nurses need to advocate for effective pain treatment in the elderly. Significant changes in the evolving nursing and healthcare environment require adequate information on this topic, as pain is a very challenging area. As other care professionals, nurses are daily confronted with issues on pain assessment and management. This volume offers an overview within an evolving health environment, in which nurses dealing with pain play a growing role. It showcases best practices in pain assessment and management, details non pharmacological and pharmacological treatments. It also addresses core issues defined by the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), such as knowledge translation, that are most relevant for clinical nurses, student nurses, nurse researchers as well as other care professionals. ER -