Week 4 NR226 Pain Management Question and answers
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1. Pain is
complex, physical, emotional, and cognitive components. The physiological and
involving behavioral cues pain produces can be assessed and monitored to plan
care. The client and the healthcare team work together to set and reach
a pain management goal, not necessarily a goal of pain elimination.
2. Acute pain Acute pain is protective: It serves as a warning sign of injury or disease.
Short duration: Acute pain typically lasts for a short period.
Impact on recovery: It can hinder recovery by limiting activity and self-
care. Potential complications: Prolonged hospitalization, exhaustion,
immobility, pul- monary issues, and sleep deprivation can result from
acute pain.
Focus of attention: Those in acute pain often find it diflcult to concentrate
on anything else until the pain is manageable.
Transition to chronic pain: If not resolved, acute pain can develop into
chronic pain.
Nursing goal: The primary aim is to alleviate pain to a level that allows the
patient to participate in their recovery, avoid complications, and
enhance functional status.
3. Chronic Pain Chronic pain lacks protective function: Unlike acute pain, it doesn't serve a
protec- tive purpose.
Quality of life impact: Chronic pain significantly diminishes the person's
quality of life.
Duration: It can be constant or recurring, lasting beyond the healing
period of acute illnesses or injuries (usually longer than 3-6 months).
Pathology: Chronic pain is a disease with its own pathology, often associated
with conditions like arthritis, low back pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, and
peripheral neuropathy.
Challenges in treatment: Due to its often unknown cause and lengthy
duration, chronic pain can be challenging to treat ettectively. This
diflculty can lead to job loss, deficits in self-care, social isolation,
depression, and even suicide.
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, Associated symptoms: Mental and physical fatigue, insomnia, anorexia,
weight loss, and anger are common symptoms associated with
chronic pain.
Nursing goal: The primary aim is to improve functional status by encouraging
both
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verified to pass 2025/2026
1. Pain is
complex, physical, emotional, and cognitive components. The physiological and
involving behavioral cues pain produces can be assessed and monitored to plan
care. The client and the healthcare team work together to set and reach
a pain management goal, not necessarily a goal of pain elimination.
2. Acute pain Acute pain is protective: It serves as a warning sign of injury or disease.
Short duration: Acute pain typically lasts for a short period.
Impact on recovery: It can hinder recovery by limiting activity and self-
care. Potential complications: Prolonged hospitalization, exhaustion,
immobility, pul- monary issues, and sleep deprivation can result from
acute pain.
Focus of attention: Those in acute pain often find it diflcult to concentrate
on anything else until the pain is manageable.
Transition to chronic pain: If not resolved, acute pain can develop into
chronic pain.
Nursing goal: The primary aim is to alleviate pain to a level that allows the
patient to participate in their recovery, avoid complications, and
enhance functional status.
3. Chronic Pain Chronic pain lacks protective function: Unlike acute pain, it doesn't serve a
protec- tive purpose.
Quality of life impact: Chronic pain significantly diminishes the person's
quality of life.
Duration: It can be constant or recurring, lasting beyond the healing
period of acute illnesses or injuries (usually longer than 3-6 months).
Pathology: Chronic pain is a disease with its own pathology, often associated
with conditions like arthritis, low back pain, headaches, fibromyalgia, and
peripheral neuropathy.
Challenges in treatment: Due to its often unknown cause and lengthy
duration, chronic pain can be challenging to treat ettectively. This
diflculty can lead to job loss, deficits in self-care, social isolation,
depression, and even suicide.
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12
, Associated symptoms: Mental and physical fatigue, insomnia, anorexia,
weight loss, and anger are common symptoms associated with
chronic pain.
Nursing goal: The primary aim is to improve functional status by encouraging
both
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