Pain Management System: Standards of Palliative Care and Implementation

This resource provides an overview of pain management systems and the standards of palliative care. It discusses the different techniques and therapies used to treat pain, as well as the importance of effective pain management systems in medical organizations. The resource also explores the implementation of palliative care standards in pain management, including the assessment of needs, development of care plans, caring for carers, and providing care. It is a valuable resource for healthcare workers and individuals seeking to understand and apply palliative care standards in pain management.

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents............................................................................................................ 2
INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................ 2
Target audience and rationale for resource...........................................................2
Why Pain management system.................................................................................3
What are standards of palliative care......................................................................3
How are these standards implemented.................................................................4
REFERENCES............................................................................................................... 5
INTRODUCTION
Pain is considered to be complex due to which there are a number of
different options developed to treat it. Various treatments of pain
management include medications, therapies along with different
techniques of mind-body. There are different techniques and therapies
to treat different kind of pains. Palliative care is a care providing
approach which specifically aims at increasing the quality of life of
people and decreasing the suffering that is caused to people due to some
serious illness. There are no specific rules for its application it can be
successfully applied at any stage of any sickness. It is also often used by
practitioner to cure the pain that is caused to a patient due to their
cancer treatment. It is essential for people to effectively apply and make
the best use of it. It is very important for the medical organizations to
have effective pain management systems.
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Target audience and rationale for resource
Health care workers can effectively use palliative acre standards on pain
management for various patients. They can apply this on patients facing
pain due to various chronic disease as well. All the patients with cancer,
chronic lung diseases, AIDS, Alzheimer's etc.
Learning objectives
The following resource have following objectives hat are mentioned
below:
 Understanding the major purpose of pain management,
 Understand the purpose of palliative care.
 Understand the standards of palliative care.
 Application of standards of Palliative care on pain management
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Why Pain management system
Pain management is a branch in medical field that deals with various
approaches that can be effectively used by medical practitioners in order
to reduce the pain which leads to suffering. The treatment of this pain to
relieve individual from the suffering and effectively enhance their
lifestyle becomes important. When including the team that is going to
work for pain management it includes various pharmacists,
physiotherapists, physician assistants, dentists and nurses. There are
mental health specialists along with different massage therapists included
in the team that is working for pain management system. The
communication of patients about the problem of pain is a part of pain
management. There are a number of questions that are to be asked by a
healthcare provider. These questions may include the details regarding
intensity of pain, feeling of pain, the area of pain, things that bring
deviation that is increase and decrease in pain and when did the pain
began.
What are standards of palliative care
Assessment of needs – It says that family and carers are involved within
initial and ongoing person centred assessment. The main emphasize is
upon physical, cultural, psychological, social as well spiritual needs. In
context of of pain management system, it is analysed that there is
importance of needs and preferences of presentation that provides
guidance to people. Life of people is affected by culture, age, religion,
experience or ethnicity. For meeting the standard of this assessment, it is
important for health service that initial and ongoing assessment are
carried out by qualified interdisciplinary personnel.
clinical assessment tools which are related to evidence and it is identified
that approaching for pain management system provides relief to people. It is
helpful in managing different clinical records of patients and providing them
effective care.
Developing the care plan – The main objective of this standard is that
person, individual and carers work within partnership for communicating,
planning and setting goals for care plan. In context of care plan management,
it is seen that there is need of active participation of the individual within the
care planning. This is helpful in reassessing and managing the care plans for
individuals of pain management system. For meeting this standard, it is
concluded that there are various systems placed within the clinical
organisations for considering, documenting and updating future goals and
objectives. There is a care plan developed according to pain management
system. Some of the changes as per the documentation are planned
effectively. Care plans incorporate in case of emergency and supports death
plans.
Caring for carers - There is need and preference of managing carers and
family in case of need for information. There is assessment for a person who
is having a clear plan for management according to unexpected events. This
standard is applied within the organisation by managing one carer who is
identified for each and every person according to the needs and demands of
people. Some of the systems are present which ensures that carers and family
is present within ongoing assessment. This is involved in participation of
provision of care. Pain management system is applied within these
organisations for managing the people who are suffering from pain.
Providing care - There is care based clinical assessment needed for
managing the pre-empted and response of the treatment in effective manner.
In context of plan management system, there is need to focus upon managing
the preferences of people for developing plan that can be used for managing
the care plan provided to patients. This will be helpful in managing the work
of medical organisations effectively.

How are these standards implemented
Palliative therapy is helpful in representing the care for various
patients who have had illness for a long period and the treatment
along with medications is not helping. Palliative care is effective in
providing prevention from suffering along with comfort to the
patients in order to make sure that they can live peacefully. Pain
management and treatment of different pains are integral parts of
palliative care. There are a number of different standards that are
included in palliative care. These standards can be effectively applied
on pain management as well. Application of various standards of
palliative acre on pain management is mentioned below:
Assessment of needs: When understanding the basic meaning of this
standard it explains how the family and friends of a patient are also
included in their treatment and therapy they are going through.
While the assessment of need is applied on pain management the
care giver is required to understand the past records and medical
emergencies of patients. They need to make sure that all the basic
needs and requirements of patients are fulfilled by them successfully.
 Development of care plan:The standard is helping individuals to
understand the ways in which care is required to be given to patient.
There are different plans developed in pain management which is
depending upon the intensity and the type of pain that the patient is
facing. It is necessary to clearly derive a plan after assessing needs.
 Caring for carers: It is also necessary for the management and the
healthcare organisation to take care of the care provider. While
managing pain of people the care giver often works very hard to
provide them with every requirement. Therefore it is necessary to
provide care to care givers as well. Keeping the care giver satisfied
and happy will automatically help the patient to recover soon.
 Providing Care: There are a number of different ways in which
care is provided while managing pain. There are massages,
acupressure treatments, medications, therapies etc. that can be
effectively provided to patient. It depends on the illness along with
intensity of pain. It is however also depending on needs of various
care takers.

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