Nursing Care Plan for Pain
Nursing Care Plans for Pain (Chronic/Acute) Nursing Care Plans for pain can be used for patients having unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage (International Association for the Study of Pain). Pain is a highly subjective state in which a variety of unpleasant sensations and a wide range of distressing factors may be experienced by the sufferer. Pain may be a symptom of injury or illness. Pain may also arise from emotional, psychological, cultural, or spiritual distress. Pain can be very difficult to explain, because it is unique to the individual; pain should be accepted as described by the sufferer. Pain assessment can be challenging, especially in elderly patients, where cognitive impairment and sensory-perceptual deficits are more common. *Acute pain – duration of less than 6 months *Chronic pain – duration of greater than 6 months RELATED FACTORS: Acute: Musculoskeletal disorder Trauma Pressur...