This practical guide equips nurses and healthcare professionals with evidence-based skills to effectively manage children's pain. Explore assessment techniques, pain relief strategies, and best practices for both hospital and community settings, with a focus on core knowledge, advanced insights, clinical scenarios, and practical tips.

The fully updated third edition includes an expanded procedural sedation section, enhanced coverage of capnography for respiratory monitoring, a new quality improvement sciences section, and additional online MCQs and self-assessment material.

Written by experienced authors, with contributions from global experts, Managing Pain in Children and Young People covers:

Why pain prevention and treatment are crucial
Pain's biopsychosocial nature and pharmacology of analgesic drugs
Acute nociceptive, neuropathic, and visceral pain management
Chronic headaches, post-surgical pain, neonatal pain, and procedural pain
Paediatric palliative care and pain management in low-income countries
Drug-free pain relief methods and ethical considerations

With a multidisciplinary focus, this essential resource is tailored for healthcare practitioners working with children and young people; including doctors, nurses, psychologists, and physiotherapists. This essential resource empowers you to provide the best possible care for young patients, helping them find comfort and relief in their journey towards healing.

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Yes, you can access Managing Pain in Children and Young People by Alison Twycross, Jennifer Stinson, William Zempsky, Abbie Jordan, Alison Twycross,Jennifer Stinson,William Zempsky,Abbie Jordan in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Pedriatic Nursing. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Cover
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication Page
Contributors
Foreword
Acknowledgements
1 Introduction
2 Why Treating and Preventing Pain Matters
3 Anatomy and Physiology of Pain
4 Pain: A Biopsychosocial Phenomenon
5 Pharmacology of Analgesics
6 Pain Assessment
7 Preventing and Treating Nociceptive Pain
8 The Prevention and Treatment of Neuropathic and Visceral Pain
9 Musculoskeletal Pain in Children and Young People
10 Preventing and Treating Chronic Headache Disorders in Children and Young People
11 Chronic Postsurgical Pain in Children and Young People
12 Prevention and Management of Procedural Pain
13 Pain in the Neonate
14 Palliative Care in Children and Young People
15 Treating and Preventing Pain in Children and Young People in Low‐ and Middle‐Income Countries
16 Knowledge Implementation and Dissemination: Effectively Moving Forward
Appendix 1: Drug Dosing Tables
Answers to Multiple Choice Questions
Index
End User License Agreement

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