Section: 8.15a - Nurse’s Role in Pain Management Part 1 | Fundamentals of Nursing | NextGenU.org

  • Student Learning Outcomes:

    • Define the concept and characteristics of pain.
    • Describe the classifications and mechanisms of pain.
    • Describe pain assessment techniques and tools for pain.
    • Describe pharmacological pain management in a client suffering from pain.
    • Identify interventions for the management of side effects from pain medication.

    Approximate time required for the readings for this lesson (at 144 words/minute): 1 hour and 29 minutes.

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      Required Learning Resources and Activities
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      Everything You Need to Know About Pain URL
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      Read the entire page. (12 minutes)

      Healthline

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      Cancer Pain (PDQ®)–Health Professional Version URL
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      Read the sections "background and definition of pain," "prevalence," "causes of cancer pain" and "pain classification." (17 minutes)

      National Cancer Institute, 2020

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      Cancer Pain Assessment and Classification URL
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      Read the sections "clinical presentation and assessment of pain" and "timing and temporal variation." (8 minutes)

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      The Challenge of Cancer Pain Assessment URL
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      Read the section "HOW DO WE CURRENTLY ASSESS PAIN IN CANCER PATIENTS?" (3 minutes)

      The Ulster Medical Journal

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      "Pain Assessment" URL
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      Read the sections "Instruments for pain-intensity assessment" and "Instruments to measure pain affect." (12 minutes)

      European spine journal

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      The McGill Pain Questionnaire as a Multidimensional Measure in People with Cancer: An Integrative Review URL
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      Read the section "McGill Pain Questionnaire" on the first page. (3 minutes)

       Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

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      Optimal Pain Management for Patients with Cancer in the Modern Era URL
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      Read the sections "Pain management with non-opioid" and "Pain management with opioids-related side effects." (30 minutes)

      A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

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      Support for People with Cancer. Cancer Pain Control URL
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      Read the section "Managing and preventing side effects." (4 minutes)

      National Cancer Institute, 2019

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      Slide Deck Presentation
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      Topic: Nurse's Role in Pain Management Part 1 URL
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      Clinical Skills
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      Pain Assessment Procedure Checklist URL
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      Paint Assessment by University of Technology Sydney (Video) URL
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      Quiz Unit

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      Quiz: Unit 8.15a

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