Pain (PowerPoint & Book) Flashcards
(134 cards)
pain is
whatever the patient experiencing it says it is
its not about how much their pain is its about
how we manage and asssess
the main issue with pain meds is
intervals between pain meds
treat pain
early
gate control theory
distracting to prevent pain response to go to brain
why do we not do Motrin or aspirin
due to bleeding risk
expose to pain meds like IV substance abuse determines
tolerance and dose needed
why might children not complain of pain
may not know how to say
scary to mom and dad
needles
we assume or know they are in pain
past issues with pain
what influences pain response
culture
unrelieved pain can result in
psychological trauma
if we have unrelieved pain post op what does that do
lead to shallow breathing which leads to atelectasis and pneumonia
pain receptors are dveloped at
birth
sucrose does what
nonpharm mean for pain relief
activates opioid receptors
signs of pain in infant of less than 6 mo
grimacing
poor feeding
signs of pain in infant greater than 6 mo
crying, irritability, restlessness
toddlers sign of pain
aggressive
physical resistance
school age signs of pain
7-9
rigid
still
emotional withdrawl
fighting/super emotional
school age signs of pain
10-12
bravery
regress
adol signs of pain
controlled behavioral response
- depends on culture
distraction or deny pain
- want to be seen as an adult
what patients struggler with faces or oucher scale
intelleucal disability (autism)
- difficulty with facial recognition
numeric can be used what age range and above
school age
poker chip scale
use for intellectual disability
EX: you have 10 poker chips and tell me how much pain you are in with the chips
how to assess pain location
ask
point on doll
draw picture
self report pain need what
understand direction or follow direction