Nursing 2230A/B Chapter 7: 2230- week 7 reading
16 Feb 2017
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Pain assessment and management in potter and perry pages 1021- Chronic pain: can be intermittent (patterns) or consistent (12h+/d, may be cancerous or noncancerous. Chronic noncancerous pain is usually non-life threatening. However, these px are often frustrated because the pain (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e u(cid:374)rele(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d the(cid:455) do(cid:374)(cid:859)t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) (cid:449)ill feel day to day. Can be a cause of physical or psychological disability job losses, sexual dysfunction, inability to perform adls, social isolation. Hc providers are reluctant to tx this type of pain w opioids. Nursing: emphasize to the px that they can successfully manage their pain (px who believe they can are usually less disabled by their pain) Identifying the cause of pain is one of the first steps in tx of pain. 2: nociceptive pain is subdivided into somatic (msk) & visceral (internal organ) pain, neuropathic pain arises from abnormal or damaged nerves. Breakthrough pain: occasional, transitory exacerbations of intense pain.
