5 Pain Management

Jefferson C. Ramos, RMT, RN Geriatric Nursing PAIN MANAGEMENT *Jefferson C. Ramos, RMT, RN NOCICEPTION ´the neural processes of encoding and processing noxious stimuliµ ´ Noxious stimuli ² an actually or potentially tissue damaging event ´ *Jefferson C. Ramos, RMT, RN PAIN An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience which we primarily associate with tissue damage or describe in terms of such damage, or both ´ Always subjective ´ *Jefferson C. Ramos, RMT, RN PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF PAIN *Jefferson C. Ramos, RMT, RN THE PAIN RESPONSE Tissue Damage Activation of the Peripheral Nervous Sys