Terminology
Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.
What is a definition of pain?
This method of pain therapy is controlled by a patient pump
What is patient controlled analgesia?
Pain that continues after the injury has healed
What is chronic pain?
The most reliable source of information about a patient's pain
Who is the patient?
Therapy applied first when a person has a sprain
What is cold therapy?
PCA
What is patient controlled anesthesia?
Most serious side effect of opioids
What is respiratory depression?
Pain felt in an area other than where it was produced
What is referred pain?
Assessment immediately prior to administering prescribed pain medication
What are allergies?
Important action of the nurse 15-30 minutes after administering pain medication.
What is reassessment?
Substance that triggers an inflammatory response and increases pain transmission.
Wha is prostaglandin?
Medication that can cause bleeding but especially will cause bruising.
What is aspirin?
Malignant pain that may be acute or chronic
What is cancer related pain?
A patient who says their pain is a 7 out of 10 on the pain scale will generally be prescribed this type of medication.
What is an opioid?
Most effective strategy for pain relief
What is prevention?
A person's internal substance that is released to alleviate pain
What are endorphins?
Blocks modulation by limiting the reuptake of serotonin and norepinephrine
What are NSAIDS?
Pain that occurs as a result of nerve damage
What is neuropathic pain?
A patient complains of pain that is 8 out of 10 on the pain scale. The nurse then asks this question.
Where is the pain located?
Inactive substance that nurses should never administer in place of a drug to treat pain.
What is a placebo?
The amount of the drug prescribed no longer controls a patient's pain. The dosage must be increased.
What is tolerance?
Medication that prevents pain by blocking the action of prostaglandins in the CNS
What is acetaminophen?
Severe pain that is resistant to the usual pain relief measures
What is intractable pain?
The most critical time to assess a patient for side effects from IV opioids.
What is 15 minutes after IV administration?
Administered if the patient is unresponsive after taking opioids.
What is naloxone?