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.
