Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 22-32 , March 2008

Pharmacotherapy for Acute Pain: Implications for Practice

  • Dina A. Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN

      Affiliations

    • Same-Day Prep/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Department of Surgical Nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dina A. Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN, Nurse Manager, Same-Day Prep/Post-Anesthesia Care Unit, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Department of Surgical Nursing, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland.
    • ,
  • Colleen J. Dunwoody, MS, RN-BC

      Affiliations

    • UPMC Presbyterian, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • Rosemary C. Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
    • ,
  • James P. Rathmell, MD

      Affiliations

    • MGH Pain Center, Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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 STATEMENT OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST: These authors report the following conflicts of interest with the sponsor of this supplement article or products discussed in this article. Dina Krenzischek, MAS, RN, CPAN, is on the speaker’s bureau for Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. Colleen Dunwoody, MS, RN-C, is on the speaker’s bureau and a consultant for Ortho-McNeil, Inc. and Hospira Inc. Rosemary Polomano, PhD, RN, FAAN, is on the speaker’s bureau or a consultant for Janssen, L.P., Merck & Co., Inc., and Ortho-McNeil, Inc. James Rathmell, MD, received a grant/research support from PriCara, a Unit of Ortho-McNeil, Inc.

PII: S1524-9042(07)00182-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.11.003

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 1, Supplement , Pages 22-32 , March 2008

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