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