NURS 3234 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pain Tolerance, Vital Signs, Threshold Of Pain
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Gate control and theory of pain: describes transmission of painful stimuli, limited amount of sensory information is processed by our nervous system at any given moment. Gate control nursing measures: back massages, warm compresses to sore/affected areas of the body, distractions to decrease anxiety. A patient who has cancer is most likely experiencing which of the following types of pain: somatic. Pain classification: acute -lasting less that 6 months. What does someone in acute pain look like: can you tell someone is in pain? diarrhea! Terminology psychologically: physical dependence, how can you ask about pain presence and get a true answer, what about the face of chronic pain, nurse, i use percocet for my back pain. Which patient has more pain: child rubbing arm, rocking, woman watching tv, smiling at times, man is sleeping, grimacing, baby sleeping through a feeding.
