When should staff start to instruct patient/family on pain management?
What is On Admission
100
This lasts longer than 6 months, is constant or reoccurring with a mild to severe intensity
What is Chronic Pain
100
After administering pain medication, a nurse must reassess pain within ....
What is 30 minutes
100
Used to treat mild to moderate pain
What is non-opioid medications
100
Healthcare providers use this as the standard measure for the intensity of pain
What is Numeric Pain Scale
200
Pain that originates in one body part, but is perceived elsewhere.
What Referred pain?
200
A variation of chronic pain; results from injury or function of nerves & very difficult to treat.
What is Neuropathic pain?
200
The documentation of pain includes:
What is Level of pain, Description of pain, Action taken, Response to interventions?
200
The delivery system that allows patients to self administer opioids with minimal risk of overdose
What is "Patient Controlled Analgesia" (PCA)
200
Developed primarily for verbal children between the ages of 3 and 7 years but can be used for adults who speak another language or have difficulty expressing themselves
What is The Wong-Baker Faces Pain Scale?
300
List 3 non-pharmacological methods that can help reduce pain
What is "Ambulation, heat, ice, music, massage, repositioning, guided imagery, deep-breathing exercises"
300
Chronic pain that resists therapeutic interventions is call this
What is Intractable Pain?
300
The 5th Vital sign is ....
What is Pain
300
This enhances the effectiveness of another medication or treatment by helping improve client's mood, thus helping muscles to relax.
What is Adjuvant drugs?
300
this tool is used with preverbal children, younger than 3 years & requires accurate observational skills of the caregiver.
What is FLACC?
400
This is a naturally occurring substance in the body that helps to relieve pain
What is endorphins?
400
This results from malignancy; severe pain & may be considered intractable & chronic
What is Cancer Pain?
400
A pain level that is considered a matter of urgent concern requiring immediate intervention is ...
What is a pain score of 7
400
Most commonly used to manage pain in clients with moderate to severe pain
What is Opiods/Narcotics?
400
This scale provides a comprehensive way to obtain information about a client's pain.
What is Mcgill-Melzack Pain Questionaire?
500
It is important to explain to patients that have chronic pain that the goal should be to allow them to perform activities of daily living comfortably and that a pain rating of ___ is not always possible
What is "0"
500
Burning, numbness, tingling, shooting, tingling, phantom limb pain are all descriptive terms for this type of pain
What is Neuropathic Pain?
500
This memory guide will help the nurse in gathering data about the client's pain in an organized manner
What is COLDSPA?
500
This "generally provides pain relief by altering the body's sodium and potassium levels, slowing or halting pain transmission"
What are Analgesics?
500
If your patients states they are having minimal to no pain or are comfortable, Would you give the "round-the-clock" medications?