MedSurg T2

Short lasting pain less than 6 months.

Long term pain lasting more than 6 months

felt at a site other than the injured or diseased organ or part of the body.

That pain impulses can be regulated or even blocked by gating mechanisms located along the CNS

Activated by stress or pain. A natural supply of morphine-like substances.

Tanscutaneous electrical nerve stimulation, acupuncture, and placebos.

Pain is whatever the client says it is, existing whenever the client says it does.

Pain is easier to control if its treated before it becomes severe.

Fight or flight response

Small device that provides continous electric current that closes the gate in the spinal cord thus blocking pain.

Continous so good for people with chronic pain.

Is to decrease the patients peception of pain as well imporve the patients sense of control. (guided imagery)

Something that enters body and helps pain.

Exert analgesic effects through the inhibition of prostaglandin production.

Relieve pain mainly by action in the CNS, binding to opiod receptor sites in the brain and spinal cord.

composed of diverse classes of drugs that relieve pain cia variety of mechanisms

Morphine, meperidine, codeine

Acetaminophen and nonsteroidal antiinflamatory drugs(aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen sodium.

Tolerance and physical dependence do occur after 4weeks of regular administration. Not addiction thou.

It is a drug delivery system. If patient needs meds he just pushes a button. With a limit per hour.

Repiratory rate every 15min. pt level of conciousness, pain intensity, and infusion rate and volume.

The severity, the location and duration. Patients pain. they let the nurse know.

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Tachycardia, increased and depth of repirations, diaphoresis, increased systolic and diastolic BP, pallor, dilated pupils, inceased muscle tension. Anything that might be abnormal might be pain.