|
|
 |
Management of Cancer Pain |
|
Manual: Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual (Ver 2) External Reference: (JCAHO PC.6.10, RI.2.160)
MCN’s customizable template, Management of Cancer Pain, is taken from our Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual. MCN Healthcare’s proven policy and procedure templates, competencies and compliance tools have assisted more than 20,000 health care organizations worldwide meet their regulatory compliance goals. Health care organizations around the world utilize MCN’s compliant ready templates and workflow process tools to help them meet the latest changes in regulations and standards. Here is some sample content from Management of Cancer Pain:
| | PATIENT EDUCATION HANDOUT
MANAGEMENT OF CANCER PAIN
INTRODUCTION:
Having cancer does not always mean having pain, but if pain does occur, there are many ways to relieve or reduce it. This information will help you to better understand the types of pain which occur in people with cancer and some of the methods available to control them. Specifically, this information will focus on a certain type of cancer pain known as breakthrough pain. Before we begin to discuss breakthrough pain, it is important to first talk about cancer pain in general.
DEFINITION OF PAIN:
Pain is a sensation that... |
| Second excerpt: |
| | ...sites in the body, or it may be a result of the cancer treatments a patient has received chemotherapy, radiation therapy or surgery.
Not all people with cancer have pain, and those who do are not in pain all of the time. Cancer pain depends upon many things: the type of cancer, the extent of the disease and a person's pain threshold the level of pain at which a person becomes aware of it. It is important to remember that whatever the cause, pain can be relieved.
TREATMENT OF CANCER... |
|
Back to Pain Management Policy and Procedure Manual (Ver 2) |
|
|
|
|