The biopsychosocial model of pain management enjoys increasing acceptance prompting wider research into the effectiveness of multidisciplinary care. In this segment, Theresa Mallick-Searle, MS, NP-BC, ANP-BC, a nurse practitioner in pain medicine, discusses the challenges to the practice of
The Institute of Medicine concluded after study that cannabis is safe and effective medicine, that patients should have access, and that research and development efforts should be expanded. Theresa Mallick-Searle discusses what the practitioner should know and do in the evolving landscape.
For a lot of reasons, including the increase in patient numbers and the complexity of pain management, we see a lot more NPs, PAs and advanced practice nurses working as...