Name:
The New Mexico Rural Hospice Network: Building a Network
Commitment to Pain Management
Description:
This document is a six-section compilation of
standards and policies for pain assessment and developed for rural hospice work.
Category:
Clinical Care Tools - Pain Management
Source:
University of New Mexico
Health Science Complex
Palliative Care Office
MSC 11 6020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone: (505) 272-4868
Fax: (505) 272-8572
www.unm.edu
Contact:
Walter Forman MD
wbforman@unm.edu
How the grantee used this instrument:
This guidance material
was used by hospice workers throughout rural New Mexico to provide a framework
for pain management. It consists of a mission statement, standards and policies
for pain management, guidelines for pain assessment and intervention for the
cognitively impaired, and an article on the management of chronic pain in older
persons.
Keywords:
assessment, measures, procedures
To use this tool:
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source.
References:
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Posted August 2004
University of New Mexico overview page
Promoting Excellence in End-of-Life Care is a national program of The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation dedicated to long-term changes in health care institutions to substantially improve care for dying people and their families. Visit PromotingExcellence.org for more resources.
