Pain Management in Palliative Care

2021
Assessment 1
NRSG374

(Panchyayatguide, 2016)
Pain Management
in Palliative Care
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Contents
Intended audience and learning objectives--------------------------------------------------------------3
Pain in Palliative Care------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------3
Pain assessment in Palliative Care--------------------------------------------------------------------------4
Pain management----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------5
National Palliative Care Standard----------------------------------------------------------------------------5
How does pain management uphold the National palliative Care Standard----------------------6
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Intended audience
The intended audience of this resource is third year undergraduate
students and graduate Registered Nurses.
Learning outcomes and objectives
Upon completion of this resources, the readers will be able to:
 Understand pain in palliative care
 Understand how to assess pain in palliative care
 Understand what pain management is and issues related to pain
management
 How pain management uphold the National palliative care
standard
Pain in Palliative Care
Pain, a common symptom of many diseases, is often experienced by
patients who need palliative care (Givler et.al., 2021). Research shows
that 80% of cancer or AIDS patients, 67% of cardiovascular patients or
COPD will go through mild to severe pain during their final few months
(WHO, 2020). Even though pain relieving medicine can work effectively
for majority of conditions, it is still a challenge for health professional to
manage pain complexity for patients (The Royal Children’s Hospital
Melbourne, 2021).
Every individual experience pain differently. Both, Severity of illness and
patient discomfort level contribute to formation of one’s experience to
pain. (Sholjakova, et.al., 2018) Physical, emotional, Social, spiritual, and
Informational are interconnected components contributing to pain.
Diagram reflects the contribution factors from each component.
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