Pain Intervention

After reading chapter 27 in your textbook, write a one page summary on
1. Assessing the intensity, location, and nature of pain
2. Different pain interventions that can be used to minimize and eliminate pain

The differences really, that pain intervention we must recognize the pain, locate it next, and ask about the nature of the pain with our patients.

We ask the patient about the Intensity, usually by showing a picture is most useful when dealing with a child.

Then we ask about the pain, locating it, having the patient show us, maybe a little more detail about the pain.

When it comes to asking the patient about the nature of the pain, a few questions are what we are likely to ask;
Did the pain start suddenly?
Does it feel like a burning pain, inflammation?
Does it feel like a pinching pain?
Does it feel like a stabbing pain?
Other series of questions is necessary to ask, because we need to know how we can help our patient to our best of care. When new pain arises, we do the whole process all over again, and start from scratch.

Ways to help our patient with this pain, can be nullify more pain later, when we can help them with the discomfort before it spreads, and causes even more pain.

Other ways we can recognize the pain is to;
Listen for abnormal behavior
Watch for signs of discomfort

Observing the patient is the vest way to recognizing the pain they are experiencing. The most common way for patients to have pain after having the first pain, is neglect I think. Caring for our patients is our number one service we must provide with the deepest care. This will help minimize, shorten pain interventions, and possibly eliminate any more discomfort than what the patient is already enduring.