This nursing document outlines a plan to assess and manage a patient's pain following an amputation. It includes interventions like monitoring vital signs and using a pain scale to evaluate the severity of the pain, positioning the patient comfortably, elevating the amputated leg to reduce swelling, encouraging deep breathing and diversional activities, and providing comfort measures like cold compresses and adequate rest to relieve the pain. The overall goal is to properly assess and treat the patient's pain through various nursing interventions.
This nursing document outlines a plan to assess and manage a patient's pain following an amputation. It includes interventions like monitoring vital signs and using a pain scale to evaluate the severity of the pain, positioning the patient comfortably, elevating the amputated leg to reduce swelling, encouraging deep breathing and diversional activities, and providing comfort measures like cold compresses and adequate rest to relieve the pain. The overall goal is to properly assess and treat the patient's pain through various nursing interventions.
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This nursing document outlines a plan to assess and manage a patient's pain following an amputation. It includes interventions like monitoring vital signs and using a pain scale to evaluate the severity of the pain, positioning the patient comfortably, elevating the amputated leg to reduce swelling, encouraging deep breathing and diversional activities, and providing comfort measures like cold compresses and adequate rest to relieve the pain. The overall goal is to properly assess and treat the patient's pain through various nursing interventions.
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indicative to pain e.g. verbalization to pain grimacing
4.Position the client 4.Positioning properly lessens
comfortably that causes no pain sensation of the pain patient
5. Elevate patient’s amputated 5.This is to decrease swelling
leg. that also causes pain
6.Instruct patient to do deep 6.To prevent fatigue that
breathing exercise intensifies pain sensation felt by the patient 7.Encourage patient to do 7.To relief pain diversional activity like relaxing
8. Provide comfort measures 8.To provide pain relief
like cold compress 9. Provide adequate rest 9.To prevent fatigue that periods intensifies 10.Provide relieving 10. To relief pain felt by the interventions like therapeutic client touch