As the health care industry’s most comprehensive library of customizable policy and procedure templates, MCN Healthcare’s Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual includes this customizable template, Analgesic Use for Pain Management. MCN’s policy library helps you meet compliance with Joint Commission and federal regulations including CMS, CDC, OSHA, OIG, HIPAA and more.

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Here is some sample content from Analgesic Use for Pain Management:

	ANALGESIC USE FOR PAIN MANAGEMENT The management of pain is a team effort involving the patient, who feels and reports pain; the physician, who prescribes analgesics; and the nurse, who administers medications and monitors their effectiveness. A patient's family may be a part of the team, as well. Other disciplines such as the following are involved: Physical Therapist Social Worker Discharge Planner Patient Education Coordinator Others as needed Authorities on pain management suggest that analgesics be used in a preventive approach for patients with prolonged or acute pain. For any...
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	...ketorolac Toradol, choline magnesium trisalicylate Trilisate and piroxicam Feldene. NSAIDs relieve pain in part by blocking the release of prostaglandin at peripheral nerve sites. Nonopioids are especially useful in the following situations: Inflammatory conditions rheumatoid arthritis, pain with a peripheral origin muscle strain, conditions associated with excessive prostaglandin release dysmenorrhea, bone metastasis and postoperative pain. Nonopioids, unlike opioids, have a ceiling...