NURS 2004 Chapter Notes - Chapter 29: Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, Cyclooxygenase, Miosis
28 Jan 2017
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Chapter 29: pain management in patients with cancer. Cancer pain can be relieved in 90% of patients. Despite the availability of effective treatments, cancer does go unrelieved in a large number of pts. Barriers to pain relief can include: inadequate prescriber training, fear of addiction, and a health care system that until recent, has put pain management as a low priority. Pain is a personal, subjective experience that encompasses not only the sensory perception of pain but also the pts emotional and cognitive responses to both the painful sensation and the underlying disease. Pain has two major forms: nociceptive pain which results from injury to the tissue and neuropathic which results from injury to the peripheral nerves. Management of cancer pain is an ongoing process that involves repeated cycles of assessment, intervention and reassessment. The goal is to creates an individualized treatment plan that can meet changing needs of the pt. The pt self-report is the cornerstone of assessment**.
