pain

3.  “Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it
is,existing whenever the experiencing person
says,it does”
Margo McCaffery
 An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with actual or potential tissue damage
or described in terms of such damage
International association for the study of
Pain(IASP)

9.  AFFECT THEORY
 SPECIFIC THEORY
 PATTERN THEORY
 GATE CONTROL THEORY

16.  ACUTE PAIN
 CHRONIC PAIN
 CHRONIC INTERMITTENT PAIN
 CHRONIC PERSISTANT PAIN
 CHRONIC MALIGNANT (CANCER RELATED) PAIN

17.  CUTANEOUS PAIN
 SOMATIC PAIN
 VISCERAL PAIN
 REFERRED PAIN
 NEUROPATHIC PAIN
 PSYCHOGENIC PAIN
 PHANTOM LIMB SENSATION
 BREAK THROUGH PAIN

19.  PAIN PERCEPTION
 PAIN THRESHOLD
 PAIN TOLERANCE
 SOCIO CULTURAL FACTORS
 AGE
 GENDER
 MEANING OF PAIN
 PAST EXPERIENCES WITH PAIN
 ANXIETY

21.  OPIOIDS
 NON OPIOIDS
 ADJUVANTS

32.  ORAL Eg:IBUBRUFEN
 SUBLINGUAL BUCCAL
Eg:fentanyl citrate(actiq) just like lollipop

34.  INTRA NASAL -Eg.butorphanol(stadol) for acute
headache or intense pain
 RECTAL
 TRANSDERMAL

35.  PARENTRAL ROUTES
 INTRA SPINAL DELIVERY

37.  TENS

53.  ASSESMENT
 DIAGNOSIS
 PLANNING AND IMPLIMENTATION
 EVALUATION