Acute Pain related to Cesarean Section - Nursing Interventions

Acute Pain related to Cesarean Section

Nursing Diagnosis for Cesarean Section: Acute Pain related to physical injury (incision surgery)

NOC: patients are able to:
Control the pain with the indicators:

• Know the factors causing pain
• Know the onset of pain
• Relief act of non-analgesics
• Use of analgesics
• Report symptoms to the health care team
• Pain control

Description:
1 = not done
2 = rarely done
3 = sometimes done
4 = often done
5 = always done

Shows the level of pain
Indicators:

• Reports of pain
• Reported frequency of pain
• Reported duration of pain episodes
• Expressing pain: facial
• Indicates the position of protecting the body
• Anxiety
• Changes in respiration rate
• Changes in Heart Rate
• Changes in blood pressure
• Changes in pupil size
• Perspiration
• Loss of appetite

Description:
1: Weight
2: A bit heavy
3: Moderate
4: Slightly
5: No

Nursing Interventions for Acute Pain related to Cesarean Section :

Cesarean Section Pain Management

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Cesarean Section Pain Management

Cesarean Section Pain Management

Pain Management

• Assess comprehensively about pain, including: location, characteristics and the onset, duration, frequency, quality, intensity / severity of pain, and precipitation factors.
• Observation of non-verbal cues of discomfort, especially in the inability to communicate effectively.
• Give analgesics in accordance with the recommendation.
• Use therapeutic communication so that patients can express pain.
• Assess the patient's cultural background.
• Determine the impact of the expression of pain on quality of life: sleep patterns, appetite, activity of cognition, mood, relationships, jobs, role responsibility
• Assess the individual's experience of pain, a family with chronic pain
• Evaluation of the effectiveness of the actions that have been used to control pain.
• Provide support to patients and families.
• Provide information about pain, such as: the causes, how long the case, and precautions.
• Control of environmental factors that may affect patient response to discomfort (such as room temperature, irradiation, etc.).
• Instruct patient to monitor his own pain.
• Teach the use of non-pharmacological techniques (such as relaxation, guided imagery, music therapy, distraction, application of heat and cold, massase).
• Evaluate the effectiveness of measures to control the pain.
• Modification of pain control measures based on patient response.
• Increase the sleep / rest.
• Instruct the patient to discuss precisely the experience of pain.
• Tell your doctor if action is not successful or event of a complaint.
• Inform other healthcare team / family members as non-pharmacological measures carried out, for a preventive approach.
• Monitor patients for pain management convenience.

Provision of Analgesic

• Determine the location of pain, characteristics, quality, and severity before treatment.
• Give the right medicine to the principle 5.
• Check the history of drug allergy.
• Involve the patient in the electoral analgesics to be used.
• Select the appropriate analgesic / analgesic combination of more than one if it has been prescribed.
• Make a selection of analgesics based on the type and severity of pain.
• Monitor vital signs before and after administration of analgesics.
• Monitor adverse drug reactions and medication.
• Document the response after the administration of analgesics and their side effects.
• Perform actions to reduce analgesic effects (constipation / stomach irritation).

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