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Assignment:

1. What is the definition of pain? Next, describe each of these 5 types of pain.

a. Cutaneous pain

b. Visceral pain

c. Neuropathic

d. Acute pain

e. Chronic pain

2. How does addiction affect pain management?

3. Explain the differences between pain perception, pain threshold, and pain tolerance.

4. What is Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA)?

• What are athe dvantages for using PCA?
• What are the disadvantages of patient-controlled analgesia.

2. A 45-year-old client at a health care facility is being treated for a spinal disorder. For the time being, physicians are not contemplating spinal surgery. The client has been on a course of non-opioid medications to combat pain but keeps complaining about no relief from the pain. The nurse assesses for common nonverbal indicators of pain. A routine pain assessment shows chronic pain in the client. Overwhelmed with helplessness, the client breaks down one day in the presence of the nurse who is completing an assessment on the client

a. What descriptions should be included to ensure an accurate assessment of pain in the client

b. What other interventions and medications should the nurse expect in the client's plan of care if the non-opioids do not alleviate pain in the client?