Comfort and Pain Management 2

 3 paragraph of at least 5 sentences with 3 references not older than 2015. Please use your textbook as, at least, one reference.  

Textbook: Eliopoulos, Charlotte; Gerontological Nursing (9th Ed. 2018). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

ISBN: 978-0-06-000038-7 (9780060000387)

Comfort and Pain Management

With the realization that pain is highly prevalent among older adults, please answer the following questions:

• What are some ways you as the nurse can utilize to determine pain in the older adult?
•  What are some of the potential barriers related  to self-reporting of pain in the older adult?