Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS

Do you need practical solutions for managing pain in elderly patients?

How to Manage Pain in the Elderly provides nurses a practical, clinical approach to ease suffering in older patients. This solutions-oriented handbook delivers clinical tips, case studies, and assessment questions to apply the methods within the book.

You will find practical advice to geriatric nurses on:

• Pain assessment
• Pain medication management
• Complementary methods for pain relief
• Interventional pain management
• Palliative care

Geared toward meeting the unique needs of the elderly, this book follows U.S. guidelines on pain.

About the Author

Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS, is the pain management and palliative care nurse practitioner at Suburban Hospital, Johns Hopkins Medicine in Bethesda, Maryland. She has more than 14 years’ experience as an advanced practice nurse specializing in pain management. D’Arcy is author of Pain Management: Evidence-Based Tools and Techniques for Nursing Professionals. She is a frequent contributor to the Pain Solutions column in the Journal for Nurse Practitioners. In addition, she has written numerous articles for journals and chapters for nursing textbooks.

Advance Praise for How to Manage Pain in the Elderly

“How to Manage Pain in the Elderly provides an overview of pain assessment instruments, evidence-based pain management strategies, and pain management considerations at the end of life. This book is a nice addition to a growing body of literature that will assist nurses in providing more effective pain management to the older population.”

–Meredith Wallace, PhD, APRN
Associate Professor
Yale University School of Nursing

“This comprehensive text exposes myths about pain management in seniors. It goes well beyond pain as the fifth vital sign by focusing our attention on the complexities and key issues in improving the quality of pain management in older adults. How to Manage Pain in the Elderly provides readers a critical analysis of the evidence; supplies details about dosages and drug potency; and highlights often-overlooked aspects of pain in terminal patients, nonverbal patients, and community living older adults. The author also addresses the important issues of which drugs to avoid and what side effects pain medications may cause. This book presents a practical and multifaceted approach to improving pain management in older adults. It is long overdue.”

–Donna M. Fick, PhD, GCNS-BC, FAAN
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and College of Medicine
The Pennsylvania State University

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