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18 Cards in this Set
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The fifth vital signs |
PAIN |
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An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual and potential tissue damage |
PAIN |
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Most common reason for seeking healthcare |
PAIN |
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Usually associated with injury with a recent onset and duration of less than 6 months and usually lasts less than a month |
Acute Pain |
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Usually associated with a specific cause or injury and described as a constant pain that persists more than 6 months |
Chronic nonmalignant pain |
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Often due 5o the compression of peripheral nerves or meninges or from the damage to these structures following surgery |
Cancer pain |
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Most reliable indicator of pain |
Patient perception |
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Indicator of pain |
Onset Pallative Quality Severity Timing |
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The descriptor fall into four major groups, affective, evaluative, and miscellaneous |
The McGill Pain questionnaire |
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The rank value for each descriptor is based on its position in the word set; the sun rank values is the pain rating index |
The McGill Pain questionnaire |
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The present pain intensity is based on a scale of 0 to 5 |
The McGill Pain questionnaire |
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A multidimensional tool that provides information about a patient's pain characteristics and the effect on the patients daily life |
The McGill Pain questionnaire |
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Rating scale that is recommended for person age 3 yrs and older |
FACES |
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One of the tools used to assess pain of patients who are unable to communicate such as adult patients who have just undergone surgery |
FLACC PAIN ASSESSMENT |
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This is to understand post op pain and discovery of pain |
FLACC PAIN ASSESSMENT |
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Patterned after the FLACC, but modified to reflect assessment of adults |
ADULT NONVERBAL PAIN SCALE (NVPS) |
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NVPS includes |
Facial expressions Activities Guarding Vital signs Physiologic II (skin, response, pupillary, and perspiration) |
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FLACC PAIN ASSESSMENT categories of pain behaviors |
Facial expressions Leg movement Activity cry Consolability |
