This customizable document, AHRQ Guidelines, is taken from MCN Healthcare’s Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual. For more than 20 years, MCN has been the health care industry’s leading provider of policy and procedure templates, forms, competencies and other compliance tools.

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Here is some sample content from AHRQ Guidelines:

	AHRQ GUIDELINES INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACH: Pain is one of the most feared aspects of illness and one of the most common reasons for seeking healthcare interventions. Whether the pain is acute postoperative pain, chronic pain or terminal pain, patients deserve to be listened to and to have their pain managed. There have been many advancements in the pharmaceutical industry over the past decade enabling patients to have their pain controlled. The AHRQ Guidelines encourage the following healthcare professionals to be involved in a pain management program: Physicians Physical Therapists ...
Second excerpt:
	...terminally ill patient in self-relief through biofeedback. The Patient Representative can convey the patient's perspective by working collaboratively with healthcare professionals. The Ethicist can facilitate discussion among the participants about the ethical issues surrounding effective pain management, especially when dealing with terminal pain. EDUCATING THE PATIENT: It should be recognized that the patient and family need to be educated in the importance of accurately reporting and...