Comfort Flashcards
pain can be
psychological and emotional stressors
decreased sleep =
increased perception of pain
if we manage pain we have
decrease suffering
decrease hospital readmission for pain
prevent acute from turning into chronic pain syndromes
pain is
unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage
pain is what the
person says it is, existing whenever they say it does
if past experience of pain is bad/untreated
increased anxiety
people respond to pain based on
ability to tolerate pain and past experiences with pain
what affect pain
gender and culture
pain is accompanied by
suffering
inadequate pain refief hastens
death
how does inadequate pain relief hasten death
increase psychologic stress
decrease mobility
- pnumonia
- thromboemboli
- increase work of breathing
- increase oxygen demand of myocardium
HCAPs survery
answer call light
treat pain
sickle cell crisis
fluid
oxygen
pain meds
as nurses we need to removed what surrounding pain
biases and judgements
when are opiods good
post op
- allows to get up and move
- reverse anestheitcs
- reflexes return
- bowels move
- lung expansion
- eat and drink
- healing
- decrease PONV
- decreases pain
who thinks they will get additvcted
older adults
why do we not want to wait to use an opiod until it is really needed
it will take longer to get pain controlled if it is a 10/10 rather than a 3/10
when do we treat pain
as soon as patient says they are in pain
what should we educate patients about unpleasant side efefcts
we have meds to treat that
what is one opioid that isn’t a shot
fentynal
patch
with the opioid crisis what is happening
prescribed less
decrease treatment of pain
transduction
activation od pain receptors
what is converted to electrical impulse in transduction
stimulus
what are peripheral pain receptors
nocieptors
transmission
impulse traveling up spinal cord to higher center
perception
awareness of the characteristics of pain
pain threshold
lowest intensity of a stimulus that causes you to recognize pain
is threshold same or different in people
same
pain tolerance
greatest level of pain that a subject is ale to endure
is tolerance the same or different
different
modulation
inhibition or modification of pain
gate control theory explains why
different people interpret similar painful stimuli differently
gate open
allow sensations to be felt
gate closed
less transmission up to brain
gating mechanisms determines the impulse
that reaches the brain
what are some things that close the gate
music
back rub
warm compress
duration of pain
acute
chronic
acute pain
sudden onset
result of clearly defined cause
heals when underlying cause heals
chronic
any pain that lasts beyond normal healing peroid
patients with chronic pain have difficultly
describing pain because it is poorly localized
3 responses to pain
physiologic
behavioral
affective
physiologic
increase in pulse, BP, RR
who might not have a physiologic response
chronic pain because they have adapted to pain
is physiologic response always present
no
behavioral is voluntary or involuntary
voluntary
examples of behavioral responses
protecting, grimacing, moaning
affective response
pain causes fear, anger, depression
anxiety does what to pain
aggravate pain
is pain a part of aging
no