Pain management of the patient with cancer in the homecare setting.
Patients with cancer can experience pain because of disease progression or as a side effect of treatment. Pain management is one aspect of cancer care that management in the home, rather than the hospital, may be a more ideal and cost-effective setting. Potential barriers to pain management are explored, and pain management skills, such as assessment and equianalgesic dosing, are reviewed. The hospital- or community-based nurse is provided with the basic knowledge to plan or participate in the care of cancer patients with pain in the homecare setting.
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South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), South Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D013810:Therapeutic Equivalency
D000701:Analgesics, Opioid