After a surgery, the patients usually experience pains, even, when they
fall in a sleep. Sometimes they can become aware of these pains, but
they can sometimes not feel unpleasant sensation that are actual or
potential signals damaging to body. Although the patients don’t feel
their unpleasant senses, the nursing assistants must observe and find
out the painful signs in order to inform to doctor immediately. For
support nurses to give better care of patients’ sleeping, 15 Free CNA Practice Test Questions and Answers on Promoting Comfort and Rest show a list of pains which commonly appear after injury, illness or surgery. These free CNA exam questions
are surely useful for you to manage patients’ pains and promote their
comfort. Practice with it now to care for your residents better!
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acute- sudden, in response, less than 6 months-chronic- over 6 months-can be constant or intermittent-mild to severe
point at which person becomes aware of experiencing pain
-pain threshold-pain tolerance-family/culture-previous experience w/pain -emotional state
-arthritis-osteoarthritis-osteoporosisperipheral artery disease-amputation-peripheral neuropathy-cancer-GERD
highest level of pain that person is willing to experience before taking action to relieve it
if left untreated: -decreased mobility-decreased ability/desire to do
usual activities-". " to attend social functions/interact-sleep
disturbance-changes in appetite/weight-emotional affects: depression,
anxiety-slowed healing-decrease in self care thus decrease in
independence
unpleasant sensation that signals actual or potential damage to body
pain lasting longer than 6 months
pain that occurs suddenly w/injury, w/illness or from surgery-lasts less than 6 months and lessens as tissue heals
-1st step to relieving is acknowledging it exists-failure to recognize
is major factor interfering with relief-simply asking about presence of
of pain may be all thats needed-must be alert to non verbal expressions
of it:wincing, frowning, rocking, pacing, restless, rubbing body part,
guarding it-w/older peeps, triggered by movement
-meds in addition to comfort measures i.e. applying heat/cold-observe
and report-can administer treatments that dont involve meds-distraction
esp. at night-repositioning-back rub
-specificity (location etc)-watch for behavioral cluescharacteristics
of pain: burning/tingling= nerve-dull/achy= arthritis-offer suggestions
if they cant find right word-most effective treatment depends on
characteristics-identify when it occurs to offer clues about cause-find
out what makes better/worse
-7 to 9 hours to function well-quality just as important as
quantitybody restores itself during sleep-lack of sleep associated
w/fatigue, weight gain, increased BP, risk for ardio disease,
susceptible to infections, impaired healing-impair ability to think
clearly
-medical treatments used to manage conditions-health care environment
not conducive to -roommates-unfamiliar bed-more noise/light than used to
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