NURS 3120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Threshold Of Pain, Vital Signs, Constipation
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Why do we assess pain: considered the 5th vital sign, relief of pain is an important responsibility of all health care providers, when we assess pain we can identify interventions for relief, ea(cid:272)h patie(cid:374)t"s pai(cid:374) per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) is differe(cid:374)t. Individual pain threshold: thresholds for pain differs among people, differentiate between acute and chronic pain. Cause and effect model of pain: redu(cid:272)es or li(cid:373)its a patie(cid:374)t"s (cid:373)o(cid:271)ility, whe(cid:374) patie(cid:374)t"s are i(cid:374) pai(cid:374) they (cid:373)ay (cid:374)ot (cid:449)a(cid:374)t to eat, wash and may become depressed. Impairs sleep patterns or anxious easily: some medications (narcotics) may cause constipation with long term or regular use. Interventions to relieve or minimize pain: return patient to function. What influences perceptions of pain: cultural factors, previous experience with pain, physical/mental states when pain is experienced, barriers to (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)i(cid:272)ate a perso(cid:374)"s pai(cid:374) , la(cid:374)guage, (cid:272)ultural (cid:271)eliefs, ho(cid:449) to describe/express pain, position: fetal. Acute: acute seen with tissue damage, when injury heals, pain resolves.
