NUR 2462C Chapter Notes - Chapter Test 1: Chronic Pain, Reiki, Pain Management
8 Feb 2020
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Assessment of pain in specific populations: pain in neonates, cries, crying, requiring increased oxygen, expression, sleeplessness. Increased vital signs: children with communication and cognitive impairment, cultural differences, children with chronic illness and complex pain. Pain management: nonpharmacologic management, complementary pain medicine. Iii: complementary and alternative medicine, classification of complementary and alternative medicine, cam therapies are grouped into five classes: Energy based reiki, pulsed fields: manipulative treatments chiropractic, massage, mind-body techniques mental healing, hypnosis. Alternative medical systems homeopathy: pharmacologic management, principles for pharmacologic pain management, using a two-step strategy, dosing at regular intervals, using the appropriate route of administration, adapting treatment to the individual child, nonopioids. Patient-administered boluses can be infused only according to the preset amount and lockout interval. Nurse-administered boluses that are typically used to give an initial loading dose to increase blood levels rapidly and to relieve break-through pain. Iv: consequences of untreated pain in infants.
