title: Pain management in the nursing home.
abstract: This article is about pain management and some of the best practices to address the problem of pain in nursing home patients who have a serious illness and multiple comorbid conditions. Management of the emotional distress that accompanies chronic or acute pain is of foremost concern. In this article, the topics discussed include general pain management in a nursing home for a long-term care resident who has chronic pain, the relief of symptoms and suffering in a patient who is on palliative care and hospice, and the pain management of a postoperative patient with acute pain for a short transitional period (post-acute illness or surgery).
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Boston, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, 100 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA 02125, USA. linda.dumas@umb.edu
authors.forename: Linda G
authors.initials: LG
authors.lastname: Dumas
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ramadurai
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000458:organization & administration; D015897:Comorbidity; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007388:Internal Medicine; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D009722:Nurse Practitioners / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000458:organization & administration; D009736:Nursing Process; D010146:Pain / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000458:organization & administration