2008
1 Word from the
President
2 In the News
2 Quarterly Chapter Meeting
2 Chapter dues
2 Plan to attend National
meeting
2 Know of upcoming
events
2 Program Chair
3 New websites to
visit
3 Newsletter coordinator
3 Article of interest
Attached:
Summary of
Attached:
Minutes from September Chapter meeting.
Word from the President…
Having recently been a
patient in the healthcare system, I find I must comment on the pain management
I received in the different settings. I
had a total knee replacement for osteoarthritis. I have OA in numerous joints other than the
knee that I had operated.
The first setting was
inpatient. My post-op care varied very
much by the nurse and shift. As always
nights were staffed the least and on surgery the workload was not particularly
lighter on any one shift. I found that
knowledge of the “system” can be both good and bad. I knew when shifts changed so I could try to
time my pain requests at times when shifts were not changing if at all possible
and to try to call right before they would be passing medications so they would
not be making an extra trip. The
inpatient setting did assess pain regularly for the most part, but not 100% of
the time nor all of the staff. Still some room for improvement.
I don’t know if it was
because I am a nurse and the staff knew this, but they freely talked in front
of me about staffing issues. Something I
was taught not to do. They also made
comments about other nurses and their good and bad points.
I went from inpatient to an
extended care rehab setting. I was
pleasantly surprised by the attentiveness of the staff to pain issues in this
setting. Again there was variance nurse
to nurse and it was not always assessed, but for the most part requests for
pain medication were promptly responded to.
Physical Therapy was very attentive to pain and planned therapy around
pain medication. Physical therapy also
used several modalities to relieve pain.
They used a
Lastly I had home physical
therapy. The therapist always planned
when the visit would be so I could take my pain medicine prior to the visit so
I could work to my maximum during therapy.
They encouraged me to ice my knee after exercise to help with pain. They never failed to assess the level of pain
at a visit.
I certainly feel that we have
made inroads into improving pain management across the various settings. I was glad to get home where I was in total
control of my pain management. I have to
say there are still some staff with “attitudes” that show
when it comes to who is the authority about the patient with pain. That only proves that change is hard, takes
time and persistence. We can not rest on
our “laurels”, but must continually keep pain management on the front burner. To do this means always being aware that pain
needs to be assessed continually and reassessed. Secondly, we always need to continue to
educate ourselves, other healthcare professionals, and the community about pain
and its management.
Jo Hawkins
…In the News…
Unfortunately, BJH decided to eliminate Pain Integrated Services. This is not only unfortunate for the nurses who worked in this area, but is unfortunate for the patients in that hospital whose pain management will be less than optimal.
Also unfortunately, our cookbook did not have enough member participation to gather 300 recipes in time for a December publication. Hopefully we will be able to gather enough recipes by mid-summer to be able to offer a second cookbook for sale mid-November. Please send recipes (in Word format if possible) to Joan Wentz at jdomigan@aol.com.
GOOD NEWS:
Karen Kowal (of Mother Earth Pillows and a Chapter
member) started a Fibromyalgia Support Group that meets the first Wednesday of
every month in their classroom on
In addition: Karen presented improving understanding of
diverse massage techniques to the Missouri Assisted Living Association. At this
meeting she also had an opportunity to lead 4 round table discussions
..including one on aroma therapy. GO KAREN!
If you have any household items you need
to let go of please let Dorothy Stratman-Lucey know at dlucey@shrinenet.org. Joan donated a double bed
with all the trimmings to a needy family.
Your annual dues is due in
December/January. Please send your $25 to Barb Chappuis,
ASPMN Chapter Meeting
Thursday, December 4th
Shriners’ Hospital...as usual
beginning at
For detailed directions to Shriners’please
visit our website (aspmnstlouisregional.org/) and click on Quarterly Meetings.
For more information email Joan Wentz @ jdomigan@aol.com or
Dorothy Stratman-Lucey @ Dlucey@shrinenet.org. Phone-314.432.3600
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Remember…
If you bring on a new Chapter member, your dues will
be reduced by half. AND, if you bring in two new members, your dues are free
for a year! Please try to recruit new members. We need new blood!
The 2009 ASPMN National meeting in
Know of any upcoming events????…We want to hear from you!!!!! Please submit any seminars, meetings or workshops
related to pain and pain management, by email to Davey Voss at dvoss@blessinghospital.com. Include date, time, location, event name, a description of your event,
and phone number to call for more information.
New Program Chair…
Donna Baudendistel
is our Program Chair. If you have any ideas for CEU or non-ceu
presentations you would like to hear about at the quarterly meetings, please
email her your ideas: painnp@gmail.com/
New Newsletter Coordinator
The March and June Newsletter will see the
return of Davey Voss. THANKS! Please
send any information to be included in the Newsletter to her at dvoss@blessinghospital.com/
January will see Jean Brontoli
become the new President. Let’s all give Jean our support.
NEW WEBSITES TO VISIT:
www.letstalkpain.org
(opened September 8th)
www.ecri.org (gives objective info about
medical products…free of charge). I did try to sign up but was unsuccessful,
but I could still access information.
ARTICLE OF INTEREST: In the Winter issue
of the Missouri Board of Nursing Newsletter there is an article on pain and
symptom management on page 11. Be sure to read it!
ASPMN-St. Louis Regional Chapter
℅ Shriners’ Hospital for Children
Attention Dorothy Stratman-Lucey
Meeting Minutes for
Shriner’s Hospital
MEMBER S PRESENT: Donna Baudendistal, Jean Brontoli,Patty Burhanna, Cathy Flasar, Jo Hawkins, Gail Hurt, Dorothy Stratmen-Lucey
CALL TO ORDER:
The meeting was called to order at
MINUTES: The
minutes of
OLD BUSINESS:
TAN
Dorothy Stratmen-Lucey discussed
the need for more chapter members to volunteer for work on the TAN
The members discussed possible topics for next year’s workshop. Some mentioned were : Institutional Culture changes, Chronic Pelvic Pain in women, Chi massage, Acupuncture and other chiropractic techniques for pain, Healing Touch, Talking to Your Chronic Pain Patient, Case Management for the Patient in Pain.
Some suggested speakers were Rebecca Ringo (talking to the chronic pain patient); Pat Dulle and Diane Pryor (healing touch), Dennis Baker (acupuncture) – Jean Brontoli knows him and will make contact with him, she also knows a chiropractor fro m Springfield who would be a good speaker- she will contact both as soon as we have an established date for the workshop. Dorothy will contact the Kansas City Chapter to get the date set.
MEMBERSHIP: We have a continued need for new members, especially as long term members retire from the profession. Joan Wentz distributed names for each member present to contact to encourage current members to be more involved. Any ideas for increasing membership – contact Jo Hawkins.
FUNDRAISING:
Madeline Tucker needs more recipes if we are to do a second
printing of our cookbook. The first cookbook was very successful. If you have a recipe sends it to Joan Wentz
or Madeline Tucker as a WORD document attached to your email. Please send by
OFFICERS:
Jean Brontoli will assume the position of Chapter President as
of
COLLEGE COURSE:
The members present discussed offering a 16 week course each
semester for college credit through the
FUTURE PROGRAMS FOR
CHAPTER MEETINGS:
Donna Baudendistal will contact the rep for Naltraxine (Relistor) for a March program.
Meeting
Adjourned at
Next Meeting:
President, Jo Hawkins Secretary, Cathy Flasar
Summary of Pain Resource Nurse Workshop of September 25 and 26, 2008
A Pain
Resource Nurse Intensive Workshop, held September 25th and 26th,
2008 was a resounding success, even better than anticipated. This workshop was sponsored by SIU-E, and the
Research Consortium Group of
When asked a few months ago,
chapter members volunteered generously with their time and expertise. This made
it possible to have both an interesting variety of speakers and presenters who are
experts in their area of pain management. The members who spoke at this
Twenty five nurses interested in becoming Pain Resource
Nurses at local hospitals in