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Understanding total pain: how you can improve your practice
What nursing staff need to know about the concept of total pain, which looks beyond the physical experience to the way pain affects emotional, social and spiritual aspects of a patient’s life. Find out how the concept can be used in practice to provide holistic pain assessment and management. Using a case example, we show how getting to know what is important to a patient can help you to formulate pain management plans that bolster their sense of self.
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