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Lenexa, KS 66285-5473

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Olathe, KS  66061-7543

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Position Papers

 

Pain Management in Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders   New!

Approved: July 2012

Jointly written and endorsed by the International Nursing Society on Addictions (IntNSA)

Male Infant Circumcision Pain Management 

Revised: July 2011

Originally approved: 2001

Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report

A position paper with clinical practice recommendations

Revised: July, 2011

Originally approved: February, 2006

Guidelines on Monitoring for Opioid-Induced Sedation and Respiratory Depression

Approved: June, 2011

Use of Placebos in Pain Management

Revised: August 2010; July 2004

Originally approved: 1998

Optimizing the Treatment of Pain in Patients with Acute Presentations - This statement is jointly endorsed by: American Society for Pain Management Nursing; Emergency Nurses Association; American Pain Society, American College of Emergency Physicians.

Procedural Sedation in Emergency Care Setting Position Paper

Procedural Pain Mgt. Position Statement

Registered Nurse Management and Monitoring of Analgesia By Catheter Techniques

Authorized and Unauthorized ("PCA by Proxy") Dosing of Analgesic Infusion Pumps (pdf) This statement is endorsed by The Oncology Nursing Society and The Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association

 

National All Schedules Rx Electronic Reporting Act (pdf)

ASPMN Health Policy Guiding Principles (pdf)

Pain Management in Patients with Addictive Disease (pdf)

Assisted Suicide (pdf)

Pain Management at the End of Life (pdf)

Neonatal Circumcision Pain Relief

Use of Placebos in Pain Management (pdf)

Joint Statement:The Use of As Needed Range Orders for Opioid Analgesics in the Management of Acute Pain (pdf)

Promoting Pain Relief and Preventing Abuse of Pain Medications: A Critical Balancing Act (pdf)

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