Pain And Comfort

Question 1

What signs might you see in a patient that is in pain?

Answer 1

• Facial expressions
• body movement
• vitals

Question 2

What tools do we use to measure pain?

Answer 2

• Pain intensity scale
• McGill pain questionnaire
• Wong-baker face pain scale
• FlACC ( face, legs, activity, cry, consolability
• NIP ( neonatal, infant pain scale)

Question 3

What is the difference between acute and chronic pain?

Answer 3

The difference is that acute pain is only temporary and has a cure. Chronic pain is long term and is there treatment.

Question 4

How is pain assessed?

Answer 4

P- provoked =what causes pain?  What makes it better/worse?
Q- quality= what does it feel like?
R- region= where is the pain?
S- severity= pain scale
T- timing= when did it start?