Nurses and physicians caring for @entity1 with all types of @entity158 are responsible for providing effective @entity158 management in all clinical settings. Although the principles for managing all types of @entity158 are similar, @entity1 with @entity1118 have special needs to sustain optimal analgesia in critical care settings. Nursing practice must be guided by national standards, guidelines, and recommendations for managing chronic and acute @entity158 . @entity158 assessment, reassessment, and follow-up; titration of medications to individual responses; aggressive management of side effects; prevention of @entity158 ; and routine evaluation of the effectiveness of the plan are basic skills for all health professionals. Every @entity1 's baseline level of @entity158 must be determined, and preexisting interventions for @entity158 relief must be maintained to assure continuity of care. @entity1118 complicates clinical problems and could have a profound effect on @entity1 outcome. Managing @entity1118 improves function, outcome, and quality of life. The knowledge, skills, medications, nondrug interventions, and technology are available to manage nearly all types of @entity158 . @entity158 relief is a responsibility of all health care professionals. Our @entity1 deserve our best efforts to optimize their comfort, and we must be accountable.

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@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient', 'person', 'people'] @entity1118 :: ('MESH:D059350', 'Disease') :: ['chronic pain', 'Chronic pain'] @entity158 :: ('MESH:D010146', 'Disease') :: ['Pain', 'pain']
@entity1118 :: (MESH:D059350,Disease) :: ['chronic pain']
