Nursing 2230A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Neuropathic Pain, Pain, Cancer Pain
9 Dec 2016
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Assessment of pain is called the fifth vital sign. Implements evidence informed practices of pain prevention and pain management with clients while using pharm and non-pharm measures. Situations leading to pain cancer, surgery, needles, wounds, scc crisis. Breakthrough spike in pain, broken through ground level/baseline. Incidence i. e. mobilizing, physio, predictable, can be linked to something. Gate control theory alter experience/sensation of pain. Nociceptive pain damage to somatic or visceral tissue. Neuropathic pain caused by damage to nerve cells or changes in spinal cord processing (burning, shooting, stabbing) Increased hr, increase bp, sweaty, increase blood sugar. Making it complex money, language, fear, age, chronic, understanding. Placebo effect cannot deliberately mislead client. Noticing (client: assessment (subjective, objective data, nurse(cid:495)s expectations, nurse(cid:495)s values, beliefs, nurse(cid:495)s knowledge/ways of knowing, client(cid:495)s expectations, client(cid:495)s values, beliefs, client(cid:495)s personal meaning, client(cid:495)s perspective/ways of knowing. Knowledge, attitude, beliefs: over or underestimate, assessment tools, personal opinion, common biases. Prevent people with cancer from reporting pain and taking meds .
