Is it worth the pain?

[ohbet]

If there was a 12 step program for compulsive and addictive book buying then I would be a member because "Im powerless over buying books and my life is unmanegable"

So before I spend the $45.00 on a book , "Pain: Cinical Manual, 2nd edition;" by Margo Mccaffery and Pasero,C.,I wanted to know if anyone has any one read it and if so do you recommend it,thank you, and "keep coming back"

[Dr. Kate, BSN, RN]

Haven't read it, but Margo McCaffery is the one to read if you read no one else on pain.

So many books and so little time. And they're on such a wonderful variety of subjects.

[Genista, BSN, RN]

I'm a book addict, too. I'm trying to go to the library more & buy less, because my home is beginning to look like a bookstore! LOL!

I have the Pain Clinical Manual. It's very good! I bought it when I took a pain management seminar awhile back & heard about all the resource tools, studies, & equalanalgesic charts in the book. It also has pain scale translations in many languages (I even used one of the pain scale translations for a post op patient & she was able to use it. It was in Vietnamese, and no staff could speak the language, so it was a big help). If you decide not to buy it, then maybe you can have your employer buy a copy for reference at work. We do have a copy where I work, but I bought my own copy because I like to be able to refer to it at home. ;-) If you are interested in pain management & want to be current on the latest information, then this book is for you.

:)

[ohbet]

kona2,are you from the Big Island? I lived in Kona for many years.

'My employer buy the book? Thats a joke!

Id like to know more about pain management,I work in mostly LTC,and some rehab.,so there is alot of pain around,and it would be a good thing to be able to suggest to the MDs what could be done.

I guess Ill break down and buy the book