Pain

Question 1

Acetaminophen

Answer 1

10-15 mg/kg/dose q4-6h

Max of 5 doses in 24 hr

Question 2

Ibuprofen

Answer 2

5-10 mg/kg/dose q6-8hr

Children 6 months and older

Question 3

Naproxen

Answer 3

12 y and up

< 60 kg 5-6mg/kg/dose q12h

> 60 kg. 250-375 mg q12h

OTC labeling 200 mg q8-12hr

Question 4

Passive distraction methods

Answer 4

Watching videos/ movies/ cartoon

Listening to music

Reading a book/ telling a story

Question 5

Active distraction methods

Answer 5

Pet therapy

Play therapy( blowing bubbles, singing, squeezing balls or play dough, coloring)

Gaming

Question 6

Self-Report Measures

Answer 6

Children as young as 3 years of age have the ability to discriminate degrees of pain in facial expressions. Faces pain scales are commonly used to measure pain intensity for young children

Question 7

Infants

Answer 7

•Infants do feel pain
●Facial expressions
●Changes in their cry
●Poor feeding or sucking

Question 8

Toddlers

Answer 8

•React to painless procedures as intensely as painful ones
●Get angry and aggressive
●React with fear
●May regress

Question 9

Preschool

Answer 9

•Quiet, withdraw or try to hide
●May ask to leave the room
●Magical thinking
●May not report pain
●Difficulty distinguishing types of pain

Question 10

School age

Answer 10

●Can describe pain
●Will deny pain - appear brave, older, avoid procedures
●More concerned about illness
●Be embarrassed
●Tend to withdraw

Question 11

Adolescent

Answer 11

●Body image
●Losing control
●Pay to attention to other people’s responses
●May keep emotions in check
●Lack of interest/decreased concentratio

Question 12

Behavioral-Cognitive Strategies

Answer 12

relaxation, distraction, imagery, biofeedback

Question 13

Biophysical Interventions

Answer 13

nonnutritive sucking*- sucrose (sweet-ease), heat and cold applications, massage, swaddling