Unit 5 Pain Management

Question 1

Pain

Answer 1

A feeling of distress or suffering, caused by simulation of specialized nerve cells.

Pain is subjective and is personal and individual experience.

Question 2

Acute Pain

Answer 2

Often intense, but may be mild to severe

Usually short, provides warning of potential tissue damage

Question 3

Chronic Pain

Answer 3

Characterized as lasting longer than 6 months

Prolonged time and progressive

Question 4

Nociceptive

Answer 4

Pain arising from somatic or visceral structures

Question 5

Neuropathic

Answer 5

Pain associated with dysfunction of the nervous system

Question 6

Referred Pain

Answer 6

Pain felt at a site other than where the cause is situated

Question 7

Physical Dependece

Answer 7

A condition caused by chronic use of a tolerance forming drug

Question 8

Suffering

Answer 8

Means the state of being is in distress, implies an external physical strain or stress.

Question 9

Breakthrough Pain

Answer 9

Severe pain that erupts while a patient is already medication with a long acting painkiller.

Question 10

Ceiling Effect

Answer 10

The phenomenon in which a drug reaches a maximum effect, so that the drug dosage does not increase its effectiveness.

Question 11

Pain Peception

Answer 11

Gives pains location, intensity and one thing about its nature.