The Pain Management Nursing site links you to all the information for reviewing and preparing for the Pain Management Nursing Certification.

Websites

Articles/Position Statements/Guidelines

Title (click for Full Text) Publisher Year
Pharmacological management of persistent pain in older persons American Geriatrics Society 2009
Clinical guidelines for the use of chronic opioid therapy in chronic noncancer pain American Pain Society 2009
Position Statement on Pain Management at the End of Life American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2008
Position Statement:  Pain Management in Patients with Addictive Disease American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2002
Position Statement on Use of Placebos in Pain Management American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2010
The use of "as needed" range orders for opioid anagesics in the management of acute pain… Pain Management Nursing 2004
Position Statement:  Pain Management in Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2012

Books

Title Publisher Year eBook or Print
Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses:  Interpretation and Application American Nurses Association 2008 eBook
Print
Principles of Analgesic Use in the Treatment of Acute Pain and Cancer Pain American Pain Society 2008 Print
Pain Management Nursing:  Scope and Standards of Practice American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2005 Print
Core Curriculum for Pain Management Nursing American Society for Pain Management Nursing 2010 Print
Oxford Textbook of Palliative Nursing Oxford University Press 2010 eBook
Print
Bonica's Management of Pain Ovid 2010 Print
Wong's Nursing Care of Infants & Children Mosby’s 2003 Print
Pain Assessment and Pharmacologic Management Mosby’s 2011 eBook
Print
Compact Clinical Guide to Geriatric Pain Management:  An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses Springer 2012 Print
Mosby's 2014 Nursing Drug Reference Mosby’s 2013 eBook
Print
Complementary & Alternative Therapies in Nursing Springer 2010 Print
Managing Pain in Children:  A Clinical Guide Wiley 2014 Print (2014)
Print (2008)
Avoiding Opioid Abuse While Managing Pain:  A Guide for Practitioners Sunrise River Press 2007 Print

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