MANAGEMENT
Community nurses need to have an
understanding of pain management
options available to help their
patients. The reduction of pain to a
tolerable level is necessary to prevent
complications and enable patients to
function.
Once pain has been identified
and assessed it is managed
using pharmacological and non-
pharmacological interventions,
often in combination. It has already
been established that pain is an
individual experience and the
effectiveness of interventions can
vary between individuals, with