Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 48-54 , June 2007

Registered Nurse Management and Monitoring of Analgesia by Catheter Techniques: Position Statement

  • Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Pain Management Educator and Clinical Consultant, El Dorado Hills, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence and reprint requests to Chris Pasero, MS, RN-BC, FAAN, 1252 Clearview Drive, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762.
    • ,
  • Nancy Eksterowicz, MSN, RN-BC, APN

      Affiliations

    • University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • ,
  • Maggie Primeau, RN, MBA, MS, APRN-BC

      Affiliations

    • Morton Plant Mease Healthcare, Clearwater, Florida
    • ,
  • Charlene Cowley, MS, RN, CPNP

      Affiliations

    • Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona.

References and Suggested Reading 

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  2. American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and American Pain Society (APS). The assessment and management of acute pain in infants, children, and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2001;3(108):793–797
  3. American Nurses Association (ANA). Position statement on the role of the registered nurse (rn) in the management of analgesia by catheter techniques (epidural, intrathecal, intrapleural, or peripheral nerve catheters). Washington, D.C: American Nurses Association; 1991;Retrieved February 1, 2006, from http://www.nursingworld.org/readroom/position/joint/jtcathet.htm
  4. American Nurses Association (ANA). Code of ethics for nurses with interpretive statements. Washington, DC: American Nurses Association; 2001;
  5. American Pain Society Quality of Care Task Force. American Pain Society recommendations for improving the quality of acute and cancer pain management. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2005;165:1574–1580
  6. American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA). Statement on the role of registered nurses in the management of continuous regional analgesia. 2002;Retrieved February 1, 2006, from http://www.asahq.org/publicationsAndServices/standards/nurses.pdf
  7. American Society for Pain Management Nursing (ASPMN). Core curriculum for pain management nursing. Lenexa, KS: American Society for Pain Management Nursing; 2002;
  8. American Society of PeriAnesthesia Nurses (ASPAN). ASPAN pain and comfort clinical guideline. Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing. 2003;18(1):232–236
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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.02.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 8, Issue 2 , Pages 48-54 , June 2007

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