Understanding Persistent and Chronic Pain in Nursing
Understanding Persistent and Chronic Pain in Nursing
Acute Pain - ANSWER✔ Temporary pain that serves as a warning.
Allodynia - ANSWER✔ Pain from a stimulus that normally doesn't cause pain.
Behavioural - ANSWER✔ Observable actions expressing or controlling pain.
Biopsychosocial model - ANSWER✔ Chronic pain influenced by biological, psychological, social
factors.
Cancer Pain - ANSWER✔ Pain from tumor pressure and disease debilitation.
Centrally acting drugs - ANSWER✔ Medications targeting central nervous system for pain relief.
Chronic Pain - ANSWER✔ Pain lasting longer than 3 months.
Chronic pain and disability - ANSWER✔ Multidimensional issues arising from persistent pain.
Chronic pain assessment tools - ANSWER✔ Includes questionnaires for sleep, mood, and
function.
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Chronic Pain Behaviors - ANSWER✔ Decreased activity, social withdrawal, and fatigue.
Chronic pain prevalence - ANSWER✔ 7.63 million Canadians affected, one in four.
CNS Adaptation - ANSWER✔ Central nervous system's response to prolonged pain.
Cognitive Evaluative - ANSWER✔ Pain-related beliefs and coping strategies.
Comprehensive assessment - ANSWER✔ Includes nociceptive, neuropathic, and nociplastic
pain types.
Coping skills - ANSWER✔ Strategies to manage pain and its psychological effects.
Dorsal Root - ANSWER✔ Spinal cord area processing pain signals.
Douleur Neuropathique 4 (DN4) - ANSWER✔ Tool for assessing neuropathic pain
characteristics.
Emotional Cycle of Pain - ANSWER✔ Negative emotions intensifying pain perception.
Emotional well-being - ANSWER✔ Mental health status affected by chronic pain.
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