NUR 209 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Peripheral Neuropathy, Nociception, Cyclooxygenase
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Fundamental concept: understanding the definition, effects, and types of pain lays in the foundation for proper pain assessment and management (p. 225- 230: defined as unpleasant sensory, emotional experience with actual or potential tissue damage , personal and subjective experience, patient is the most reliable indicator of pain and essential component of pain assessment, most common reason for seeking health care. Patient interview: location, intensity, quality, onset and duration, aggravating and relieving factors, effect of pain on function and quality of life, comfort goal/function goal, other. Assessing intensity pain scales: numeric rating scale (nrs, wong-baker faces pain rating scale. 9/2/20: wong-baker faces pain rating scale, faces pain scale revised (fps-r, verbal descriptor scale (vds, visual analog scale (vas) 1: the hierarchy of pain measures nonverbal patient, flacc young children, painad patients with advanced dementia, cpot patients in critical care units.
