Ch. 12 (Pg. 275-282) Pain- Osborn

Question 0

recurrent pain

Answer 0

acute pain episodes that are relatively short in duration and then completely resolve, leaving the patient pain free for a period of time before pain reoccurs

Question 1

pain

Answer 1

defined as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage

Question 2

chronic pain

Answer 2

pain persistent beyond 3-6 months or even lifetime

Question 3

transient pain

Answer 3

acute pain that is brief and then resolves completely.

ex.- a needle stick, minor tissue damage

Question 4

breakthrough pain

Answer 4

intense increases in pain that occur with rapid onset even when pain control medication is being used

*pain “breaks-through” the pain medication

Question 5

cancer pain

Answer 5

can be acute (disease progression, surgery or procedures) or chronic (nerve injury leading to neuropathies)

Question 6

nociceptive pain

Answer 6

normal neural processing of pain that occurs when free nerve endings are activated by tissue damage or inflammation

Question 7

transduction

Answer 7

the generation of an action potential (electrical impulse)

Question 8

nociception 4 processes:

Answer 8

transduction
transmission
perception
modulation

Question 9

endorphins & enkephalins

Answer 9

endogenous morphine-like substances that reduce or supress the pain perception in the descending pathways

Question 10

neuropathic pain

Answer 10

a result of injury or dysfunction in the peripheral nervous system

Question 11

sensory dimension of pain

Answer 11

considerations of its location, intensity, quality, and temporal patterns

Question 12

affective dimension of pain

Answer 12

describes the emotions patients assign to their pain, both positive and negative

Question 13

cognitive dimension of pain

Answer 13

the impact of personal beliefs, attitudes, and meanings attached to pain

Question 14

behavioral dimension of pain

Answer 14

response to pain that may be situational, developmental, or learned

Question 15

unidimensional pain measurement tools:

Answer 15

numeric rating scale (NRS)

simple verbal descriptive scale (SVDS)- numbers and descriptors

visual analog scale (VAS)- “pain”………“pain as bad as can be”

Question 16

mcgill pain questionnaire (MPQ) & brief pain inventory (BPI)

Answer 16

assess more than one dimension of pain experience.