ANA Co-Publishes Two New Standards on
Pain Management and Plastic Surgery
Silver Spring, MD - Nursesbooks.org has partnered with the American Society of Pain Management Nurses and the American Society of Plastic Surgical Nurses to produce two new standards in growing areas of nursing practice.
While pain management is best known in cancer, palliative, and end of life care, pain is also the nursing diagnosis most often used. Nurses who specialize in this interdisciplinary area work to optimize patient pain relief, function, and quality of life of the patient. Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice contains the standards of care and professional practice and their measurement criteria for both general and advanced practice, and describes the practice characteristics, settings and roles along with education and certification requirements pain management nursing.
With the growing demand for cosmetic surgery to improve appearance or reconstructive surgery to correct defects or improve function, the need for nurses to deliver quality nursing care to the patient undergoing plastic and reconstructive surgery will increase. Plastic surgery nursing specializes in the protection, maintenance, safety and optimization of human bodily repair, restoration and health before, during and after surgical procedures. Plastic Surgery Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice contains the standards of care and professional practice and their measurement criteria for both general and advanced practice, and describes the practice characteristics, settings and roles along with education and certification requirements for plastic surgery nursing.
About these books
Pain Management Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 2005/60pp.
Pub #05SSPM
List $16.95/ANA Member $13.45
Plastic Surgery Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice 2005/60pp.
Pub #05SSPS
List $16.95/ANA Member $13.45
To order call 1-800-637-0323. Press copies are available upon request by calling Francine Bennett at 301-628-5214 or at fbennett@ana.org
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