Part 3 The Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and the Suffering it Causes

In Part 1 of this series I touched on the ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses and some of the responsibilities a nurse has when managing a patient in pain. I was asked after publishing Part 1 why a Case Manager would be responsible for [...]

2019-09-02T14:33:00-05:00May 20th, 2019|

Part 2 The Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and the Suffering it Causes

Yesterday I touched on the ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses and some of the responsibilities a nurse has when managing a patient in pain. I was asked today why a Case Manager would be responsible for assisting in the management of pain, to describe [...]

2020-06-18T13:03:52-05:00May 16th, 2019|

Part 1 The Ethical Responsibility to Manage Pain and the Suffering it Causes

I was reading an ANA Position Statement providing ethical guidance and support to nurses as they fulfill their responsibility to provide optimal care to persons experiencing pain. We in the workers’ compensation industry have participated fully in the national debate on the (in)appropriate use of opioids for pain management. [...]

2020-06-18T13:04:09-05:00May 15th, 2019|
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