Pain: Management and Nursing Care

by Dawn Carroll, David Bowsher

Nurses working in clinical settings require a broadly based knowledge of pain management. This book provides a much needed, immediate source of essential and relevant information which can be used for the direct benefit of patients.
Adopting a nursing approach, it offers a unique opportunity to learn about the major principles of pain management, what interventions are available and how and when to apply them safely. The text is presented under the three umbrella headings of 'acute', 'chronic' and 'cancer' pain and is well supported with appropriate references. It will enable nurses working in a wide range of clinical situations to develop their knowledge and skills in effective pain relief from sound guidelines.
Contributors to the book include nurses with vast clinical and research experience in specific areas of pain management. All have made a major contribution to nurse education. They recognise the important role that the nurse has to play in the management of pain as a member of a multi-disciplinary team and also the need for research in this exciting, fast developing field.

258 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1994

About the author

Dawn Carroll was born in London, to a family who loved to read – and who also moved house with great regularity. One of the first tasks on arrival at each new home would be to find the nearest lending library, with the result that Dawn grew up with a great love of books. Encouraged by family and teachers, Dawn also started to write short stories.

In adulthood, Dawn’s busy life as a hospital doctor left little time for leisure writing. Indeed, The Banana Bunch stories would probably never have been written had Dawn not, one fateful day, discovered that falling from even a very small tightrope can have devastating consequences… but that’s another story!

Unable to return to her chosen profession, things seemed very black for a while. And then The Banana Bunch monkeys bounced into Dawn’s world….
Since then the monkeys (and Dawn) have been having a great time – telling the stories of their adventures in print and online, and also travelling far and wide to source new story ideas and to meet new friends.

Definitely not how Dawn expected to be spending her days when she stepped onto that tightrope, but a very happy outcome in the end!