What is Pain?
Injury, surgery, acute or chronic diseases, and even as a response to emotional distress are all examples of reasons patients may experience _______
Pain
This type of pain lasts less than six months and results from trauma or injury, surgery, or environmental factors
Acute Pain
The nurse asks the patient to ______their pain from 0-10 to assess severity
Rate
True or False?
True
Opioid reversal agent
Narcan
These special nerve endings are located throughout your body and hep process harmful stimuli as pain
Nociceptors
Constant, recurring pain with no anticipated or predictable end, typically lasting longer than six months
Chronic Pain
Pain is always what the patient reports.
True or False?
True
This alternative therapy involves inserting small, sterile needles into the skin to minimize pain and is beneficial in both acute and chronic pain
Acupuncture
These medications are often used to manage moderate to severe pain, include drugs like morphine and fentanyl, and carry a risk for dependency
Opioids
The point at which a stimulus causes the patient to perceive pain is known as the
Pain Threshold
This type of pain is associated with phantom limb pain, spinal cord injuries, and is often described as intense, shooting, burning, numbness, or “pins and needles,”
Neuropathic Pain
When working with the _____ population, the nurse knows to watch for a change in behaviors, blood pressure and pulse, physical assessment, and parental or guardian reports when assessing for pain
Pediatric
This type of alternative therapy is used to decrease swelling and should be applied for 20-30 minutes at a time, checking the area frequently to avoid damage to the skin or nerves
Cold Therapy
The nurse knows that when working with this population they may not be able to report pain effectively, so the nurse should look for behaviors that suggest pain is present, such as guarding, grimacing, restlessness, and other behavioral changes:
________
Patients with cognitive impairment or communication challenges
How much of a harmful stimulus a patient is willing to accept is known as ________
Pain Tolerance
When this pain occurs it can occur anywhere in the body, may be activated by chemical substances, tissue damage, or extreme temperature, and is usually localized and throbbing
Nociceptive Pain
The nurse knows that educating patients about pain management covers a wide range of topics including _____________
Side effects of medications
Comp&Alt treatment
Administration
Storage safety
By utilzing this, patients learn how to manage negative thoughts and maladaptive behaviors, decreasing anxiety, stress, and chronic pain, with examples including distraction, relaxation, imagery, and music therapy.
Cogitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
Unwillingness to take pain medications or to use nonpharmacological pain interventions, different languages, different cultures, active substance use , and confusion are all _______ to effective pain management
The biopsychosocial model of pain suggests that three categories of factors form the experience of pain: _____________
Biological,
Psychological,
Social.
A newly recognized type of pain requiring a specialized treatment approach
Cancer Pain
All patients have the right to effective _______, regardless of the nurses ________
Pain Management,
Personal Beliefs.
This pain relief method emits low-voltage electrical impulses to the skin over painful areas to help decrease pain and is available with or without a prescription
A TENS unit
These medications are effective for both acute and chronic pain, have analgesic properties, reduce inflammation and fever
NSAIDs