NURS 205 Lecture 4: Pain

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Nursing
• Course: NURS 205
• Professor: Marion Lucktar- Flude

Document Summary

Is a comple x, multidime ns iona l e xpe rie nce. Minor inconve nie nce ma jor proble m. P a in is one of the ma jor re a s ons tha t pe ople s e e k he a lth ca re. Nurs e s ha ve a ce ntra l role in pa in a s s e s s me nt & ma na ge me nt. As s e s s pa in, docume nt it, a nd communica te with othe r he a lth ca re provide rs. Ens ure initia tion of a de qua te pa in re lie f me a s ure s. Eva lua te e ffe ctive ne s s of inte rve ntions. Monitor ongoing e ffe ctive ne s s of pa in re lie f s tra te gie s.