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Of particular importance to nursing care, unrelieved pain reduces patient mobility, resulting in complications such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolus, and pneumonia.
- Nancy Wells, Chris Pasero, Margo McCaffery
- 2008/04
- 2008
May 17, 2021 · Approximately 50% of adult patients have pain when they seek health services, and more than 50% of adult patients experience pain as a symptom of a severe or acute illness. Pain can also affect the way physicians and nurses are able to determine the causes of patients’ diseases.
- Bente Dale Malones, Sindre Sylte Kallmyr, Vera Hage, Trude Fløystad Eines
- 2021
Jan 29, 2023 · Pain becomes maladaptive, with hyperalgesia and allodynia becoming more prevalent. The texture of the tissues becomes hypertonic, ropy, and cold. Pain is often more dull and achy rather than sharp. How we assess pain has long-term implications for our patient's morbidity and mortality.
- Alexander M. Dydyk, Sundeep Grandhe
- 2023/01/29
Pain is a universal sensation that everyone experiences, and acute pain is a common reason why patients seek medical care. Nurses work with the interdisciplinary team to assess and manage pain in a multidimensional approach to provide comfort and prevent suffering.
- 2021
Mar 7, 2024 · This article seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the physiology of pain and the various classifications used in clinical practice. It also aims to raise awareness of the skills that nurses require for the assessment and management of an individual patient's pain.
Apr 11, 2019 · For health professionals, one of the most common patient problems they will encounter is pain. Although this is universally experienced, effective assessment and management is sometimes difficult to achieve, as pain is also extremely complex.
Jan 12, 2023 · To manage patients' pain effectively, nurses need to know the myths and misconceptions about pain medication, how to assess pain, understand patients' behaviours when in pain, pharmacological and nonpharmacological pain management methods and ethical issues in pain management (Ferrell, 2005).
