NUR 416 - Med Surg II Study Guide Exam 1.
NUR 416 - Med Surg II Study Guide Exam 1/ NUR 416 - Med Surg II Study Guide Exam 1. Chapter 3: Pain Pain is subjective, it’s what the patient tells you. Pain can have physiological and psychosocial impulses attached to it. Treatment to pain is individualized and can vary. Pain: unpleasant sensory and emotional experience ● It can be related to actual or potential tissue damage ● Self report is the most reliable factor ● Pain is the most common reason patients seek medical care ● It is the major economic problem. Sometimes people do not have the proper resources to manage pain. ○ It is a problem for hospitals because you are unable to discharge patients and the cost of care goes up.
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