Pain Management, An Issue of Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

In this issue of <i>Critical Care Nursing Clinics</i>, guest editor Lynn C. Parsons of Morehead State University brings her considerable expertise to the topic of <b>Pain Management</b>. Top experts provide up-to-date clinical information and best practices needed for critical care nurses to provide safer and more effective options for pain control. Clinical reviews include topics on chronic post-surgical pain, managing pain in the era of opioid abuse, as well pain management in children, older adults, and orthopedic patients.<ul><li>Contains <b>15 relevant, practice-oriented topics</b> including pediatric pain management approaches for critical care nurses; using simulation to illustrate pain the critically ill; managing pain in an era of opioid addiction; managing chronic pain for ventilated critical care patients; chronic post-surgical pain; and more.</li><li>Provides in-depth <b>clinical reviews on pain management</b>, offering actionable insights for clinical practice.</li><li>Presents the <b>latest information on this timely, focused topic</b> under the leadership of experienced editors in the field. Authors synthesize and distill the latest research and practice guidelines to create clinically significant, topic-based reviews.</li></ul>