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    The document outlines nursing interventions for pain management in cancer patients. It recommends asking patients to describe their pain, rate its intensity on a scale of 1-10, and assessing verbal and nonverbal pain cues. It also suggests evaluating the effectiveness of pain control, encouraging comfort measures like position changes and relaxation techniques, and assisting with activities, exercises, and pain medication to improve comfort and coping.

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    The document outlines nursing interventions for pain management in cancer patients. It recommends asking patients to describe their pain, rate its intensity on a scale of 1-10, and assessing verbal and nonverbal pain cues. It also suggests evaluating the effectiveness of pain control, encouraging comfort measures like position changes and relaxation techniques, and assisting with activities, exercises, and pain medication to improve comfort and coping.

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    The document outlines nursing interventions for pain management in cancer patients. It recommends asking patients to describe their pain, rate its intensity on a scale of 1-10, and assessing verbal and nonverbal pain cues. It also suggests evaluating the effectiveness of pain control, encouraging comfort measures like position changes and relaxation techniques, and assisting with activities, exercises, and pain medication to improve comfort and coping.

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    Nursing Intervention Pain Management( NIC) Independent: Ask about pain. Determine pain characteristics, e.

    g, continuous, aching, stabbing, and burning. Have patient rate intensity on a 1-10 scale.

    Rationale

    Helpful in evaluating cancer- related pain symptoms, which may involve viscera, nerve, or bone tissue. Use of rating scale aids patient in assessing level of pain and provides tool for evaluating effectiveness of analgesics, enhancing patient control of pain.

    Assess patient s verbal and nonverbal pain cues.

    Discrepancy between verbal/nonverbal cues may provide clues to degree of pain, need for/effectiveness of interventions.

    Note possible pathophysiological and psychological cues of pain.

    Fear, distress, anxiety, and grief over confirmed diagnosis of cancer can impair ability to cope. In addition, a posterolateral incision is more uncomfortable for patient than an anterolateral incision. The presence of chest tubes can greatly increase discomfort.

    Evaluate effectiveness of pain control. Encourage sufficient medication to manage pain; change medication or time span as appropriate.

    Pain perception and pain relief are subjective, thus pain management are best left to patient s discretion. If patient is unable to provide input, the nurse should observe physiological and non verbal signs of pain and administer medications on a regular basis.

    Encourage verbalization of feelings about pain.

    Fears, concerns can increase muscle tension and lower threshold of pain perception.(Refer to ND./Anxiety [specify level]following).

    Provide comfort measures, e g. Frequent changes of positions, back rub, support with pillows. Encourage use of relaxation techniques e.g visualization, guided imagery, and appropriate diversional activities.

    Promotes relaxation and redirect attention. Relieves discomfort and augments therapeutic effects of analgesia.

    Schedule rest periods, provide quiet environment

    Decrease fatigue and conserves energy, enhancing coping abilities. Prevents undue fatigue and incisional strain. Encouragement and physical assistance/support may be needed for some time before patient is able or confident enough to perform these activities because of pain or fear of pain.

    Assist with self -activities, breathing/arm exercises and ambulation.

    Collaborative Assist the patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) or analgesia through epidural catheter. Administer intermittent analgesics routinely as indicated especially 45-60 min before respiratory treatments, deep-breathing/ coughing exercises. Maintaining a constant drug level cyclic periods of pain, aids in the muscle healing, and improves respiratory function and emotional comfort/coping

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