The Lutheran Pain Management Nurse

Whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever the experiencing person says it does.

In Latin, the word acer means this (acute)

A sensory receptor that is capable of transducing and encoding noxious stimuli

Drugs that bind to physiological receptors and mimic the regulatory effects of the endogenous signaling compounds.

PRN

In Latin, the word poena means this

In acute pain, the treatment is focused on this

Pain that increases above the pain addressed by the ongoing analgesics

The combination of analgesics working on different sites in the peripheral and central nervous system

American Society for Pain Management Nursing

In Latin, the word suffering is divided into the Latin words sub and fero, meaning this

The objective signs of acute pain are often associated with this portion of the nervous system

Pain in response to non-nociceptive stimulus

This refers to an affinity for fat...absorbing, dissolving or being dissolved in lipids

Fostering Healing by Providing Exemplary Pain Care

If suffering is the secondary response, this is the primary response

This term is replacing the use of the term 'chronic pain'

Increased pain sensitivity

This refers to the property of attracting or associating with water molecules

He said, "The healing presence every employee strives to provide every single day ... Drives Lutheran to do the things that we know in our hearts simply need to be done."

Suffering often involves asking this question

In persistent pain, treatment is focused on this

Pain arising as a direct consequence of a lesion or disease affecting the somatosensory system

Agents that are only partly as effective as agonists no matter the amount employed