Name That Pain
This type of pain describes deep, dull pain associated with ailments of larger internal organs.
What is visceral pain?
True or false: Pain is a natural part of aging.
What is false?
What is PQRSTU
Palliative/provocative
Quality/quantity
Region/radiation
Severity
Timing
Understanding?
The appropriate setting of the room be....
What is no distractions, no background noise, warm, private room?
This portion of the assessment is first.
What is inspection?
This pain is from blood vessels, joints, tendons, muscles, and bone. This can be due to ischemia, pressure, or trauma.
What is deep somatic pain?
True or false: pain is pain and everyone experiences it the same.
What is false?
This term means symmetric damage to peripheral nerves (feet or hands), resulting in pain without stimulation of the nerves
What is peripheral neuropathy?
Tripple Jeopardy: This type of lighting allows for body contours and pulsations to be highlighted.
What is tangential lighting?
This portion of the hand is used to assess vibrations such as tactile fremitus.
What is the base of the fingers (metacarpophalangeal joint)?
This type of pain is derived from either the body surface or the muscle tissues.
What is somatic pain?
True or false: pain is different between both genders?
What is true?
Men and women experience pain differently and one gender is more likely to experience certain types of pain compared to the other.
The PAINAD is used on this particular patient population.
What are patients with advanced dementia?
This type of sensory communication is appropriate when vision or hearing is diminished.
What is touch?
Triple Jeopardy: The reason for wetting an area before auscultation.
What is because the patient is hairy?
Double Jeopardy: This is the kind of pain a patient would feel with either a heart attack or appendicitis.
What is referred pain?
In this patient population, you need to assess for nonverbal cue and body language for signs of pain.
What are those with dementia?
State the nonverbal communication difference between acute and chronic pain.
What is acute pain patients will display guarding, grimacing, vocalizations such as moaning, agitation, restlessness, stillness, diaphoresis, or change in vital signs whereas chronic pain patients will display bracing, rubbing, diminished activity, sighing, and change in appetite?
Double Jeopardy: This position is usually used to assess the private areas of female patients.
What is lithotomy?
Murmurs and bruits are best listened to this part of the stethoscope.
What is the bell?
Triple Jeopardy: This type of pain often triggers the autonomic responses of the body and causes pallor, diaphoresis, nausea, and vomiting.
What is visceral pain?
This type of pain is likely to be experienced in diabetics.
What is peripheral neuropathy?
Name the key terms for all the different types of pain.
What is acute, chronic, breakthrough, somatic, visceral, deep somatic, cutaneous, and referred pain?
This should be the position of a frail, elderly patient.
What is supine?
If the patient is not frail, they can sit up.
This type of palpation is not performed by nurses.
What is deep palpation?