Pain Management Revisited

Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2021 Aug 1;25(4):361-362. doi: 10.1188/21.CJON.361-362.

Abstract

Now that the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its variants have altered clinical oncology practice as we know it, let's return to a familiar focus from the Core Curriculum for Oncology Nursing-pain management. Much has happened during the past two years that influences the effective management of pain in patients with cancer-not the least of which is a clinical environment that has been changed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Keywords: COVID-19; cancer pain; opioid epidemic; opioids; pain management; pandemic.

Publication types

  • Editorial

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Analgesics, Opioid / adverse effects*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • COVID-19 / epidemiology*
  • Cancer Pain / drug therapy*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Medical Oncology / standards*
  • Middle Aged
  • Oncology Nursing / standards*
  • Opioid-Related Disorders / epidemiology*
  • Pain Management / standards*
  • Pandemics
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic
  • SARS-CoV-2
  • United States / epidemiology

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid