Discuss The Joint Commission’s standards for pain assessment and evaluation of effectiveness of pain regimen.
Ans)The joint commission, is in Standards for pain assessment, management and evaluation in 2001.
According to The Joint Commission, the standards for the management of pain for all patients:
- Recognizing the right of patient to appropriate assessment and management of pain.
- Screening patients for pain during initial assessment and when clinically required, during ongoing, periodic reassessments.
- Teaching patient and families about effective pain management.
Pain assessment steps:
(1) accept the patient's report. (2)Determine the status of the pain. (3) describe the pain: location, quality, intensity, aggravating and alleviating factors. (4) examine the site. (5) Identify coping methods. (6) record the assessment, interventions, and evaluation of interventions.
Pain regimen:
Opioids
-Morphine,
-codeine
-dilaudid/(Hydromorphone)
-No Demerol (meperidine)
NSAIDS
-Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
-Toradol
-ibuprofen
Nonnarcotic analgesics
Discuss The Joint Commission’s standards for pain assessment and evaluation of effectiveness of pain regimen.
Discuss The Joint Commission’s standards for pain assessment and evaluation of effectiveness of pain regimen
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