Pain management
Hi, how long have you been in nursing? From my experience, over 20 years, pain management can be very frustrating, although it does depend most of the time, on the team you are working with. I have not worked in pain management specialty, but on the medical-surgical floors. If your team, MD, and others like anesthesia or neuro consults, for example, do not work well together, it becomes a real battle for you and your patient.
It might be different working on a specialty area in Pain Manegement though. I assume everybody on that team will know what the treatment goals are and how to go about them, making it a more successful and satisfying environment to work in. Sorry, can't help much; just sharing ideas.