title: The complex pain patient: interventional treatment and nursing issues.
abstract: This article discusses interventional treatment for the complex pain patient, including intraspinal opioid administration spinal cord stimulation, and commonly performed nerve blocks. The role of the nurse has grown to support these technological interventions, and nursing has provided a foundation to strengthen the success of these interventions through watchful monitoring and patient education.
authors.affiliation: Fairview-University Pain Management Center, Fairview Health Services, 12th Floor Pain Management Center, 2450 Riverside Avenue, Minneapolis, MN, USA. Bstmaril@fairview.org
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: St Marie
mesh_terms: D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D020918:Complex Regional Pain Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D004599:Electric Stimulation Therapy / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D009407:Nerve Block / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment / Q000379:methods; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D018579:Patient Selection; D016896:Treatment Outcome