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Article: Pain management fast becoming home care's next major focus.
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- Homecare Education Management
- Article date:
- March 1, 1998
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Pain management fast becoming home careEs next major focus
Nurses can help patients by using alternative methods
.sub.Just for a moment, put aside all worries about outcomes, cost-cutting, and managed .sub.care. Think instead about an aspect of disease that affects most patients but isnEt talked .sub.about much: pain. And picture what your staff does to help patients manage it .sub.effectively.
Pain management may not have been a big priority in home health care in the past, but experts say it will be a huge focus in the future. Soon home care agencies across the country will start programs that involve pain treatment and may include education ...