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What is pain? - ANSWER-Goal : optimal level of comfort Pain leads to complications, such as sleep deprivation, agitation, and PTSD Pain is the 5th vital sign • Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage • Pain is what the patient says i...

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What is pain? - ANSWER-Goal : optimal level of comfort



Pain leads to complications, such as sleep deprivation, agitation, and PTSD



Pain is the 5th vital sign

• Unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage

• Pain is what the patient says it is



Anxiety

• Prolonged state of apprehension in response to fear

• Marked by apprehension, agitation, and autonomic arousal



What are some predisposing factors of pain? - ANSWER-Disease, procedures, monitoring devices,
nursing care, trauma



Many factors influence pain perception

• Expectation

• Previous pain experiences

• Emotional state

,• Cognitive status



What are some predisposing factors of anxiety? - ANSWER-Inability to communicate, noise, light,
excess stimulation



Examples

• ETT

• Monitor alarms

• Lack of mobility

• Unfamiliar surroundings

• Uncomfortable room temperature

• Sleep deprivation



What is the physiology of pain and anxiety? - ANSWER-Pain travels nervous system to the brain



Acute pain activates sympathetic nervous system



Nociceptors most abundant receptors



Anxiety is confined within the brain

• Purely psychogenic disorder ; no actual tissue damage

• Linked to reward and punishment center



What are the effects of pain/anxiety? - ANSWER-Removes one from potential harm



Fight or flight response



Raises catecholamines

• Tachycardia and hypertension



Interference with healing

,Increased oxygen consumption

• End-organ ischemia



Increased respiratory effort and hyperventilation



Delay in ventilator weaning



What is the PQRST assessment? - ANSWER-Chest pain characteristics



P = provocation or position



Q = quality



R = radiation



S = severity or associate symptoms



T = timing or tiggers



What are some subjective assessment tools? - ANSWER-Pain score, 0 to 10 rating scale

• 0 no pain

• 10 worst pain imaginable



FACES scale, series of faces from happy to distressed



Visual analog scale (VAS)

• Patient points to a level of pain severity on a 10 cm line

• Can also be done with pencil to mark severity

, What is the ICU Patient Communication Application (APP)? - ANSWER-A technology tool for patients
unable to communicate

• Mechanical ventilation

• Hearing loss

• Speech limitations



What are some objective assessment tools for pain? - ANSWER-For patients who cannot
communicate, no objective tool completely reflects patients pain level



Examples

• Behavioral pain scale (table 6-2)

• Critical care pain observation tool (table 6-3)

• Checklist of nonverbal pain indicators



What is the agitation assessment and treatment? - ANSWER-Hyperactive psychomotor functions.
Look for...

• Tachycardia

• Hypertension

• Movement



Sedate to limit hyperactive psychomotor functions

• Low dose



What are some sedation assessment tools? - ANSWER-Sedation medication is given to reduce
symptoms ; dose is adjusted based on tools or scales



Richmond Agitation-Sedation Scale (RASS) table 6-4

• More anxious = higher number

• Negative numbers = more sedated



Sedation - Agitation Scale (SAS; Riker)

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