Lecture 2 Hoac & Pain

Question 1

What is a PIP

Answer 1

Patient ID’s the problem

Question 2

What is NPIP?

Answer 2

Either PT or caregiver ID’s the problems

Question 3

What is HOAC-II Part 1

Answer 3

Deals with 5 elements of patient/client management: examination, evaluation, diagnosis, prognosis, and intervention

Question 4

What is HOAC-II Part 2

Answer 4

Related to monitoring intervention effects and altering the plan of care

Question 5

Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

Answer 5

Horizontal line
Patient marks on line the point they feel represents of their current state
Score is determined by measuring in millimeters (100mm)

Question 6

What is Wong-Baker FACES Pain Rating scale

Answer 6

Each face is for a person who has no pain or some or a lot of pain
- 0 doesn’t hurt at all, 2 hurts just little bit, 4 hurts a little bit more, 6 hurts even more, 8 hurts a whole lot, and 10 hurts as much you can imagine
- developed for/by children

Question 7

What is the Numeric pain rating scale

Answer 7

Patient is asked to make 3 pain ratings, corresponding to current, best, and worst pain experienced over the past 24 HOURS!!

You take the 3 ratings and average them out which will indicate the patients level of pain over the previous 24 hours

Question 8

Why is the numeric pain scale so important ?

Answer 8

It measures the subjective intensity of pain

Question 9

(T/F) the VAS is completed by the physician and not the patient

Answer 9

FALSE
The VAS is generally completed by patients themselves

Question 10

Why is the VAS most valuable pain scale?

Answer 10

It looks for change within the individual

Question 11

What population group(s) are sensitive to change in the VAS

Answer 11

Patients with inflammatory or degenerative joint pain