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1. Nursing Responsibilities in PAIN MANAGEMENT
2. Pain Defined: “an unpleasant, subjective sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” (International Association for the Study of Pain)
3. What is the Nature of Pain Much more than a physical sensation caused by a specific stimulus
Involves physical, emotional, and cognitive components
Demands a person’s energy
Can not be objectively measured
4. Working Definition of PainAccording to McCaffery
“whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does”
“Self report of pain is the single most reliable indicator of pain intensity”
5. Factors That Influence Pain Physiological
Age
Fatigue
Genes
Neurological function
Social
Attention
Previous experience
Family and social support
Spiritual Factors
Psychological Factors
Anxiety
Coping style
Cultural Factors
Meaning of Pain
Ethnicity
6. Responsibility of the Nurse To accept the client’s report of pain
Do not make client “prove” that they are in pain.
To use knowledge and skills to alter the client’s response to pain
Alleviate pain
Decrease pain perception
7. How do Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs limit a care providers ability to offer pain relief?
8. How Does a Care Provider Approach Pain Management?
9. Assessment 5th Vital Sign
Determine client’s perspective
History
Meaning
Physical, emotional, and social effects
Objectively measure the characteristics of client’s pain
10. Characteristics of Pain(Comprehensive Pain Assessment) Onset and duration
Location
Intensity
Quality
Pain pattern
Relief measures
Contributing symptoms
Effects of pain on client
Client expectations
11. Nursing Diagnosis Acute Pain
Chronic Pain
What other Nursing Diagnoses would be appropriate for a client experiencing pain?
12. Planning Identify interrelated problems
Determine goals/Outcomes
Involve family
Select Interventions
General
Nonpharmacologic interventions
Pharmacologic interventions
13. Implementation General Comfort Measures
Positioning
Anxiety reduction
Distraction
Treat interrelated problems
14. Implementation Nonpharmacologic Interventions
Relaxation and guided imagery
Biofeedback
Cutaneous stimulation
Herbals
Reducing pain perception
15. Implementation Pharmacologic Interventions
Analgesics
NSAIDS
Opiods
Adjuvants
Patient Controlled Analgesia
Local Analgesic Infusion Pumps
Topical Analgesics and Anesthetics
Local and Regional Anesthetics
16. Evaluation Why is evaluation so important?
When do you evaluate?
17. Frequent and comprehensive follow-up is essential to identifying and treating a person’s pain appropriately.