ASPMN® Archived Position Statements

• A Joint Statement from 21 Health Organizations and the Drug Enforcement Administration (October 2001)
• Procedural Sedation Consensus Statement (February 2008)
• A Call to Revolutionize Pain Care in America (November 2009)
• Optimizing the Treatment of Pain in Patients with Acute Presentations (2010)
• Procedural Pain Management Position Statement (2011)
• Use of Placebos in Pain Management (August 2010)
• Pain Assessment in the Patient Unable to Self-Report – A position paper with clinical practice recommendations (July 2011)
• Male Infant Circumcision Pain Management (July 2011)
• Prescribing and Administering Opioid Doses Based Solely on Pain Intensity (Approved: 2016) ASPMN® Erratum 2016
• The Use of As Needed Range Orders for Opioid Analgesics in the Management of Pain (pdf) – This is a joint statement from: American Society for Pain Management Nursing® and American Pain Society (Approved: 2014)
• Pain Management in Patients with Substance Abuse Disorders – Jointly written and endorsed by the International Nursing Society on Addictions (IntNSA) (Approved: July 2012)