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Author Tanie
ID 309677
Card Set Chapter 16 Promoting Comfort and Rest with Vocabulary
Description - Define pain and describe the differences between acute and chronic pain.
- identify factors that affect how a person experiences pain.
- Explain why managing pain is important for a person's overall health
- Describe actions that a nurse assistant can take to promote comfort and manage a person's pain.
- Explain why rest and sleep are important for a person's overall health.
- identify factors that can affect a person's ability to rest and sleep.
- Describe actions that a nurse assistant care take to help a person get enough rest.
Goals:
- Apply a warm or cold compress.
- Assist with a warm soak.
- use an aquathermia pad safely.
- Apply a warm water bottle or ice bag.
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