RNSG 1430 Comfort and Pain Management (Fundamentals) Well-Enlightened

Pain correct answers An unpleasant sensory & emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. * Pain is a highly personal experience * Pain may be classified according to its duration, location or source, mode of transmission, or etiology. * Breakthrough Pain (BTP) is a temporary flare-up of moderate to severe pain that occurs even when Pt is taking ATC medication for persistent pain. Acute Pain correct answers Rapid onset, varies in intensity from mild to severe. * Acute and Chronic can apear at the same time. Chronic Pain correct answers Limited, intermittent, or persistent, last beyond normal healing period. * Chronic and Acute can apear at the same time. * Consumes the entire person Cutaneous Pain (Sources of Pain) correct answers * Superficial pain usually involves the skin or subcutaneous tissue. * Eg. paper cut Somatic Pain (Sources of Pain) correct answers Is diffuse or scattered and originates in tendons, ligaments, bones, blood vessels, and nerves. * Eg. damage to tissue that occurs with a sprain. Visceral Pain (Sources of Pain) correct answers Is poorly localized and originates in body organs in the thorax, cranium, and abdomen. * This pain occurs as organs stretch abnormally and become distended, ischemic, or inflamed. Nociceptive Pain correct answers Refers to the normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as painful. * Nociceptors are the peripheral nerve fibers that transmit pain from somatic and visceral sites. * Arises from damage to or inflammation of tissue other than that of peripheral and CNS systems. * It is usually throbbing, aching and localized. * typically responds to opioids and non-opioid medications. Types: * Somatic= bones, joints, skin, muscle and connective tissue. * Visceral= internal organs, (stomach/Intestine), it can cause referred pain in other body locations separate from the stimulus.