Briefly describe the specific standards of pain management as defined by the World Health Organization and The Joint Commission

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Briefly describe the specific standards of pain management as defined by the World Health Organization and The Joint Commission

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Pain is described as an unpleasant emotional or sensory experience. Pain can be associated with actual tissue damage. Pain is an individualized perception and subjective in injury. Signs and symptoms of pain are pallor, increases respiration and heart rate, dilated pupil, elevated blood pressure, peripheral vasoconstriction, diaphoresis, and increases blood glucose level.

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WHO is committed to every patient in pain to promote maximum possible pain relief, To address the adequate treatment of pain by proper use of opioid analgesics, WHO develops the access to controlled medications program. WHO provides uniform guidelines to the government, health care professionals, and institutions for policy. According to WHO moderate to severe pain that may be acute or chronic will comes under the policy. Those who recognize the need for assessment to pain relief also balance with the side effects caused by the use misuse of medication prescribed. Proper enforcement in the regulation of controlled medication. Regular patient monitoring and patient education are also important. An important area of work for WHO is evaluating new evidence-based practices for alleviating pain (acute or chronic).

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