Advancing Nursing Practice in Pain Management || Front Matter

✍ Scribed by Carr, Eloise; Layzell, Mandy; Christensen, Martin

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Year: 2010
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 177 KB
• Edition: 1
• Category: Article
• ISBN: 1405176997
• DOI: 10.1002/9781444318722.fmatter

✦ Synopsis

is a nurse practitioner in pain services at Chesterfield Royal Hospital. She has been working in pain services for 6 years. She is an experienced acupuncturist. Her particular area of interest is clinical governance and how this impacts on day-to-day running of an acupuncture service.

Name Ruth H. Heafield Affiliation Nurse Consultant and Manager, Pain Management Services, Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Short biography Ruth has been working in pain management since 1994. She cares for those with both acute and chronic pain and her constant challenge is to develop services, in the current financial climate, using the strength of both traditional and complementary therapies together. Specific interests include those with acute on chronic pain and substance misusers. She is involved in national pain management groups, including the development of the essence of care benchmarks for pain management.

Name Mandy Layzell

Affiliation Advanced Specialist Nurse, Acute Pain Team, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Short biography Mandy has been working in acute pain management since 1998, and in addition, over the last 8 years her role has been split between clinical practice and education. Her current role involves leading a team of nurses caring for hospitalbased patients with both acute and chronic pain needs. Her areas of interests lie in education for health professionals and patients, and non-pharmacological strategies for managing pain.