Compact Clinical Guide to
Chronic Pain
Management
YVONNE D’ARCY
AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
FOR NURSES
, Pain Distress/Intensity Scale
Agonizing 10 Worst Possible
Pain
9
Horrible 8 Very Severe
Pain
7
Dreadful 6 Severe Pain
5
Uncomfortable 4 Moderate
Pain
3
Annoying 2 Mild Pain
1
None 0 No Pain
, THE COMPACT CLINICAL GUIDE SERIES
Series Editor: Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
CRITICAL CARE, TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY
PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Liza Marmo, MSN, RN, CCRN
Compact Clinical Guide to
GERIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, RNC, AHNBC, FAAPM
Compact Clinical Guide to
INFANT AND CHILD PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Linda L. Oakes, MSN, RN-BC, CCNS
, Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS, is an expert pain management and
palliative care nurse practitioner who has received several awards for
nursing excellence, and who possesses a remarkable publishing and
presentation career history. Currently, Ms. D’Arcy is the nurse
practitioner for Pain Management and Palliative Care at Suburban
Hospital–Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Bethesda, Maryland. She has
significant experience in pain management, having worked as Oncology
Pain Service and Staff Education Coordinator at Johns Hopkins
Oncology Center; Acute Pain Service Coordinator and Pain Clinic
Supervisor at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida; and Pain Center
Manager and Clinical Coordinator of the Acute Pain Service at the
Heartland Health System in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her accomplishments
include delivering more than 100 poster and oral presentations,
publishing more than 100 journal articles on pain-related topics,
authoring 3 books on pain, serving as a consultant for hospitals and
health care providers, providing peer review for and serving on the
editorial boards of Nursing, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, and Pain
Management News. Ms. D’Arcy has been an active member of the
American Society of Pain Management Nurses, having served on the
Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Clinical Practice Committee,
is a member of the American Pain Society, and serves as a member of the
Clinical Guidelines Committee and the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners. She is the recipient of the Nursing Spectrum Excellence
Division Award for Advancing and Leading the Profession.
Chronic Pain
Management
YVONNE D’ARCY
AN EVIDENCE-BASED APPROACH
FOR NURSES
, Pain Distress/Intensity Scale
Agonizing 10 Worst Possible
Pain
9
Horrible 8 Very Severe
Pain
7
Dreadful 6 Severe Pain
5
Uncomfortable 4 Moderate
Pain
3
Annoying 2 Mild Pain
1
None 0 No Pain
, THE COMPACT CLINICAL GUIDE SERIES
Series Editor: Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
ACUTE PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS
Compact Clinical Guide to
CRITICAL CARE, TRAUMA AND EMERGENCY
PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Liza Marmo, MSN, RN, CCRN
Compact Clinical Guide to
GERIATRIC PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Ann Quinlan-Colwell, PhD, RNC, AHNBC, FAAPM
Compact Clinical Guide to
INFANT AND CHILD PAIN MANAGEMENT:
An Evidence-Based Approach for Nurses
Linda L. Oakes, MSN, RN-BC, CCNS
, Yvonne D’Arcy, MS, CRNP, CNS, is an expert pain management and
palliative care nurse practitioner who has received several awards for
nursing excellence, and who possesses a remarkable publishing and
presentation career history. Currently, Ms. D’Arcy is the nurse
practitioner for Pain Management and Palliative Care at Suburban
Hospital–Johns Hopkins Medicine, in Bethesda, Maryland. She has
significant experience in pain management, having worked as Oncology
Pain Service and Staff Education Coordinator at Johns Hopkins
Oncology Center; Acute Pain Service Coordinator and Pain Clinic
Supervisor at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida; and Pain Center
Manager and Clinical Coordinator of the Acute Pain Service at the
Heartland Health System in St. Joseph, Missouri. Her accomplishments
include delivering more than 100 poster and oral presentations,
publishing more than 100 journal articles on pain-related topics,
authoring 3 books on pain, serving as a consultant for hospitals and
health care providers, providing peer review for and serving on the
editorial boards of Nursing, The Journal for Nurse Practitioners, and Pain
Management News. Ms. D’Arcy has been an active member of the
American Society of Pain Management Nurses, having served on the
Board of Directors and as Chairman of the Clinical Practice Committee,
is a member of the American Pain Society, and serves as a member of the
Clinical Guidelines Committee and the American Academy of Nurse
Practitioners. She is the recipient of the Nursing Spectrum Excellence
Division Award for Advancing and Leading the Profession.
