Nursing Roles : Pain Assessment
Nursing Roles
- Assess pain and communicate with other health care providers
- Ensure initiation of adequate pain relief measures
- Evaluate effectiveness of interventions
- Advocate for those in pain
Pain Assessment
- Elements (multidimensional)
- Direct interview
- Observation
- Diagnostic studies
- Physical examination
- Characteristics
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- Factors increasing or relieving pain
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- Intensity of pain
- Reliable measure for determining treatment
- Rated using scalesÂ
- 0 to 10
- Use observational skills for nonverbal patients
- Quality
- Pain quality
- Nature or characteristics
- Sharp, aching, burning, numbing, stabbing, electric shock-like, throbbing
- Associated symptoms
Pain Treatment Principles
- Follow principles of assessment
- Use a holistic approach to pain management
- Every patient deserves adequate pain management
- Treatment based on patient’s goals
- Use drug and nondrug therapies
- Address pain using an inter-professional approach
- Prevent and/or manage medication side effects
- Incorporate patient and caregiver teaching throughout assessment and treatment