Quick Look Nursing: Pain Management: Pain ManagementImportant Notice: The digital edition of this book is missing some of the images or content found in the physical edition. The Quick Look Nursing Series helps students gain basic understanding of core concepts in an easy-to-read format. The concise presentation of information provides essential content and offers a practical alternative to lengthier texts without sacrificing critical information. The updated Second Edition describes how pain commonly manifests itself and gives pertinent information on how to assess for pain in different patient populations using learning features and study questions essential for the NCLEX! |
Contents
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Pain Assessment | 21 |
Interventions for Pain | 41 |
Acute Pain in the Adult Client | 67 |
Pain in the Surgical Client | 84 |
Escalating Pain in the Adult with Cancer | 103 |
Pain in the Adult with HIV | 117 |
Low Back Pain in Adults | 132 |
Common terms and phrases
abdominal acetaminophen activity Acute Pain Management administration adult alternative analgesia analgesics anxiety appropriate around-the-clock barriers behavioral cancer pain cause changes choice chronic pain client education client’s pain clinical comfort decrease depression disease dose drug dyspnea elderly client equianalgesic evaluation factors family caregivers fentanyl frequently guidelines headaches Health healthcare provider heat ibuprofen identify increased indinavir infection injury interventions for pain intravenous low back pain massage medi ment metabolism mg q morphine sulfate multiple muscle narcotics nausea nerve neuropathic pain nociceptors nonopioid NSAIDs occur opioids oral oxycodone pain assessment pain control pain management pain medication pain related pain relief parenteral patient patient-controlled analgesia PCA pump Percocet peripheral neuropathy physical physician potential prevent procedures prochlorperazine promote rectal reduce relaxation result risk route sedation sensation severe pain side effects strategies subcutaneous surgery surgical symptoms tablets therapy tion tissue trauma treat treatment of pain type of pain vital signs zidovudine