Nurses’ Knowledge about Pain Management with Opioids for Dying Patients United Kingdom Nursing Perspective

Edited by Elon Eisenberg Dr. Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer is pain consultant and anaesthesiologist, Dr. Inge van Mansom is an old age and palliative care specialist, and Dr. Els G. Roelofs is a general practitioner and palliative care specialist, WWZ Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof, Leiden, The Netherlands. Anna-Marie Stevens is a Macmillan nurse consultant in cancer palliative care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.Correspondence[email protected]

Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer Dr. Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer is pain consultant and anaesthesiologist, Dr. Inge van Mansom is an old age and palliative care specialist, and Dr. Els G. Roelofs is a general practitioner and palliative care specialist, WWZ Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof, Leiden, The Netherlands. Anna-Marie Stevens is a Macmillan nurse consultant in cancer palliative care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Inge van Mansom Dr. Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer is pain consultant and anaesthesiologist, Dr. Inge van Mansom is an old age and palliative care specialist, and Dr. Els G. Roelofs is a general practitioner and palliative care specialist, WWZ Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof, Leiden, The Netherlands. Anna-Marie Stevens is a Macmillan nurse consultant in cancer palliative care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Els G. Roelofs Dr. Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer is pain consultant and anaesthesiologist, Dr. Inge van Mansom is an old age and palliative care specialist, and Dr. Els G. Roelofs is a general practitioner and palliative care specialist, WWZ Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof, Leiden, The Netherlands. Anna-Marie Stevens is a Macmillan nurse consultant in cancer palliative care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

Ann-Marie Stevens Dr. Ans P. E. Vielvoye-Kerkmeer is pain consultant and anaesthesiologist, Dr. Inge van Mansom is an old age and palliative care specialist, and Dr. Els G. Roelofs is a general practitioner and palliative care specialist, WWZ Sint Elisabeth Gasthuishof, Leiden, The Netherlands. Anna-Marie Stevens is a Macmillan nurse consultant in cancer palliative care at The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

ABSTRACT

A discussion is presented on nurses’ knowledge and responsibilities in opioid management of pain in advanced disease patients. Documented deficiencies in some nurses’ knowledge are described. A perspective by a clinical nurse specialist also is presented.

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