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While pain management is best known in cancer, palliative, and end of life care, pain is also the nursing diagnosis most often used. Nurses who specialize in this interdisciplinary area work to optimize patient pain relief, function, and quality of life of the patient.
The text contains the measurement criteria for both general and advanced practice, and describes the practice characteristics, settings and roles along with education and certification requirements for pain management nursing.





