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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 17:36
Vulvadynia
Written by Maureen A. Carling, RN (USA) SCM, NDN, HV, FET (England)
I have been thinking about how I can best help those of you who are in chronic pain and for whatever reason not getting any help. I thought perhaps the best way I can help you is to cover a different topic every month and allow you to write in with your questions, which I will be glad to answer on the web site.
Recently, I have been dealing with a number of patients with vulvadynia and in each case they commented that there was nothing that would relieve this. This is NOT true. Vulvadynia can and should be…
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Pain Management
Friday, 24 July 2009 15:46
Success Stories in Cancer Pain Management by Maureen Carling, RN
Written by Maureen A. Carling, RN (USA) SCM, NDN, HV, FET (England)
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 15:35
An Interview with Maureen Carling, RN, SCM, NDN, HV, FET about her Expertise in Pain Management
Written by Dr. Susan Hardwicke
Dr. Susan Hardwicke interviews Pain Management Expert Maureen Carling
May 19, 2009
Maureen Carling RN has more than forty years experience in nursing and teaching, and has become an expert in pain management through her past experiences as the President of the Virginia Cancer Pain Initiative in 1996 and as the Pain Management Coordinator for Riverside Regional Medical Center in Virginia for almost three years, up until April 1998, during which time, taught program of Pain Assessment and Management to nursing staff, physical therapists, pharmacists, medical students from EVMS, OB/GYN and Family Practice Residents." She has authored multiple articles published…
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Wednesday, 05 August 2009 15:30
Empowering Patients to Actively Participate In Their Own Pain Management
Written by Maureen A. Carling, RN (USA) SCM, NDN, HV, FET (England)
Empowering Patients to Actively Participate In Their Own Pain Management
by Maureen Carling, RN, SCM, NDN, HV, FET
Many cancer patients suffer with pain needlessly." Often, they operate under the assumption that, when it comes to narcotics, "more is better."" Physicians may not be knowledgeable of research that shows pain can be effectively controlled, when the appropriate medications and dosages are administered." They, too, often misinterpret a patient's request for additional medication as a dependency, when the patient's pain has not been controlled.
Pain in malignant disease is common, yet in most patients pain can be effectively controlled. For effective…
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Wednesday, 29 July 2009 21:43
Success Stories in Cancer Pain Management by Maureen Carling, RN
Written by Maureen A. Carling, RN (USA) SCM, NDN, HV, FET (England)
A Foreward I recently heard the news from the West Coast, where someone ended their life with assisted suicide. I find it ironic that so many fight for the right to assist suicide, which I understand having watched my dad die as he did, yet nobody mentions fighting for effective pain relief." Must we endure the Dr. Kavorkian issue all over again? How unnecessary! I remember the P. Connor's quote: "Despite the recent advances in knowledge, pain control in the terminally ill remains a disgrace. What is needed is not a stunning whole new understanding of pain pharmacology, but the…
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