Pain Assessment Flashcards
Pain tolerance
Intensity of pain a person will endure
Assessing pain for?
– Location – Onset – Duration – Frequency – Intensity – Quality – Precipitating and alleviating factors – Examine pain site – Associated symptoms
Psychosocial factors influencing pain
– Socio-cultural – Environment - distractions and emotions - past experiences and anxiety - values
Physical factors influencing pain
– Pain threshold
- pain tolerance
- Age
- physical activity and nervous system integrity
- surgery and anesthesia
Primary nursing goal of pain
Provide pain relief that allows patient to participate in their recovery
Pseudoaddiction
Person with chronic pain who consults with numerous health care providers is labeled a drug seeker, when he/she is actually seeking pain relief
Chronic episodic pain
Pain that occurs sporadically over an extended period of time
Cancer pain
Caused by tumor progression and related pathological process, invasive procedures, Toxicity of treatment, infection, and physical limitations
Nociceptive pain
Includes somatic (musculoskeletal) and visceral (internal organ) pain
Idiopathic pain
Chronic pain in the absence of a identifiable physical or psychological cause or pain perceived as excessive for the extent of an organic pathological condition
A B C’s of pain management
Ask Believe Choose control option Deliver Empower
Pain assessment mnemonic –PQRST
Provoked Quality Region Severity Timing
Somatogenic pain
Physical origin – rises from tissue
Pshchogenic pain
Mental and emotional
Intractable pain
Constant pain and resistant to treatment
