NURS 202 Chapter Notes - Chapter 41: Hypoventilation, Pain Management
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Pain is a purely subjective physical and psychosocial experience. A nurse"s misconceptions about pain may result in doubt about the degree of the patient"s suffering and in unwillingness to provide relief. Knowledge of the nociceptive pain processes of the pain experience transmission, transduction, perception, and modulation will provide you with guidelines for determining pain-relief measures. An interaction of psychological and cognitive factors affects pain perception. A person"s cultural background influences the meaning of pain and how it is expressed. It is common for older patients not to report pain. Patients who have chronic pain are unlikely to show behavioural changes. Do not collect an in-depth pain history when the patient is experiencing severe discomfort. Pain can be associated with physical signs and symptoms mimicking diseases that do not themselves necessarily cause pain. Patients waiting to undergo invasive tests may gain some pain relief from anticipatory guidance.
