Feeling the sharp, stabbing pain of an acute injury or illness is a sensation that no one wants to experience. As nurses, it’s our job to help ease the suffering of our patients and provide the best possible care for those in pain. Creating a comprehensive care plan for acute pain nursing diagnosis can help relieve our patients’ discomfort and get them on the road to recovery. Whether it’s administering medication, providing emotional support, or teaching patients about pain management techniques, this care plan guide will help you utilize those tools on how to manage acute pain
Let’s take a closer look at how we can effectively care for patients experiencing acute pain. Use this guide to formulate your nursing care plans and nursing interventions for patients experiencing acute pain.
The International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) defined pain as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage.” Another great and influential definition of pain is from Margo McCaffery, a nurse expert on pain, who defined it as “pain is whatever the person says it is and exists whenever the person says it does.” The unpleasant feeling of pain is highly subjective in nature that may be experienced by the patient.
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