Nursing 1600: Exam 1 (100% correct)

Joint commission: RE Pain correct answers Recognize rights of patient Assess pain Record assessment Educate Establish policies Patient's needs addressed in discharge planning Collect & Monitor pain management 3 categories of pain: correct answers Acute, chronic and cancer Acute Pain correct answers Protective in function, ID cause, rapid onset with a short duration, varied intensity, disappears with healing, usually associated with specific tissue injury. Chronic Pain correct answers Not protective in function, non ID cause, extends beyond healing time thus becoming is own disease, vital signs may no longer indicate pain, and sleep and ADL'S and disrupts sleep. Cancer Pain correct answers Can be Acute, Chronic or Intermittent. Related to tumor reaccurance and treatments. Pain correct answers Unpleasant subjective sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Patient is the ONLY one who knows if pain is present. We want to observe a patient's behavior & non verbal response to pain, when they CAN NOT report it. Patient Centered Care correct answers Pain is subjective & unique- use pain scale Create a pain management plan for specific patient & include genetic variations of pain tolerance in assessing and planning. Effective communication & caring- keys to gathering info needed to assess pain. Pain Management correct answers Most effective combines pharmacological and non pharmacological strategies. Primary Goal- pain relief. Uses evidence based practice - Indequate pain management cost 1 million a year. Evidence Based Practice correct answers -Assess for causes/ modifiers of pain -Report behavior changes -Administer preventive meds before a painful procedure -Use opioids with caution -polypharmacy- consider rational for a lot of meds at once