Nurse Aide I - Module V - Pain
Which of the following are facts about pain?
A. Pain is significantly unreported B. under rating and under treating pain can be neglect C. people do not have to live with pain E. caregivers including nurses and nursing aides often underestimate pain F. LTC facilities who do not manage pain properly will be cited with AIDS deficiency by surveyors
What are the effects of pain?
Give up hope, depression, anxiety, withdrawal, decrease or loss of appetite, decrease in activities, inability to sleep
When is pain considered chronic?
Long term lasting 6 months or more
What does chronic pain do to the body?
Slows down body, depression, decrease in heart rate and blood pressure
What is acute pain?
Temporary, last for a few hours, or, at most, up to 6 months. Usually comes on suddenly, as a result of disease, inflammation or injury. Goes away when the healing process is complete.
When a nurse aide is screening a resident Spain, which does he / she need to ask?
Where is the pain? How long have you had the pain? When did the pain start?
Pain
anything the patient says it is, occurring whenever the patient says it does
