Senior Services at The Miriam Hospital
The GENESIS Program
(Geriatric-friendly Environment through Nursing Evaluation
and Specific Interventions for Successful healing)
 Pain
Management
Many older patients experience pain. The GENESIS program has
identified ways to help reduce patients' pain.
To reduce pain the GENESIS program:
-
Offers a back rub
- Helps patients practice deep breathing
- Provides warm soaks or ice packs
- Repositions the patient
- Uses music therapy
- Provides low, appropriate dosages of pain medication, if necessary
- Uses pain medications with the lowest side effect profile
- Educates nurses on how to assess pain in patients with delirium
or dementia
For more information about the GENESIS program, please call Lisa
Baumhover, RN, geriatric clinical nurse specialist, at 401-793-3616.
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