Chapter 7: Pain and Symptom Management Flashcards
1
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Influences on Pain
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- Family
- Culture
- Chronic/acute
- Mood
2
Q
Pain Management Principles
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- Use appropriate doses
- Scheduled basis
- Use oral agents when possible
3
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Total Pain
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- Pain or suffering resulting from the combined effect of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual pain
- Pain is subjective experience
- Pain is what the experiencer says it is
4
Q
Spiritual
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- Anxiety
- Uncertainty
- Fear of pain/hospitals/death
- Worry
5
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Social
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- Depression
- Helplessness
- Loss of social position
- Suffering
6
Q
7 P’s of Total Pain
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- Physical
- Emotional
- Interpersonal
- Financial
- Spiritual
- Bureaucratic
- Social
7
Q
Acute Pain
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- Pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery
- Intense and sharp
- Localized
8
Q
Chronic Pain
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- Dull aching sensation
- Slow and continuous
- Not localized
9
Q
Somatic Pain
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- Originating from muscle, bone, joins, tendons, or blood vessels
- Worse with movement
10
Q
Visceral Pain
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- Deep aching
- Referred pain
11
Q
Neuropathic Pain
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- Burning, shooting in nature
- Compression
- Sudden
- Phantom
12
Q
Cause of Pain
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- Bone infiltration
- Related to treatment/condition
- Nerve compression
13
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Nociceptive Pain
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- Somatic
- Visceral
