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.
South Shore Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), South Weymouth, Massachusetts, USA.
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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