Question

How does doing a post pain assessment improve health care?

Answer 1

ANSWER :

PAIN - pain ia an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage.

* post pain assessment is the pain assessment done after doing an intervention, it helps to known the effectiveness of intervention and also to change interventions if needed to achieve a good result.

* good and effective pain management gives good patient satisfaction which is a good indicator for quality health care.

* pain is one common and basic reason for seeking health care.

* pain is considered as 5th vital sign by American Pain Society.

* Effective pain assessment and management are mandatory criteria by the Joint Commission ( Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health care Organizations )

** Routine pain assessment should be done before (pre) and after(post ) management to see the effectiveness of care.

** post pain assessment helps the health care providers to use best pain management strategy for each patient according to the type of pain.

** effective pain management is always associated with good patient satisfaction..

** good pain management improves patient's quality of life, physical and psychological well being which is the ultimate goal of health care system. (Inadequately managed pain can have adverse physical, emotional and psychological effect on patient.)

**A patient who experienced effective pain management seek medical care for other health problems than a patient who experienced inadequate pain management during his hospitalization.

** continuous and unrelieved pain is a stress factor which activates pituitary - adrenal axis and produce more corticosteroids. This produce suppression of immune system and results in post surgical infection and poor wound healing. GOOD AND EFFECTIVE PAIN MANAGEMENT RESULTS IN FAST RECOVERY AND WOUND HEALING.

** Unrelieved pain reduce patient mobility resulting in complications such as deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism and pneumonia. POST PAIN ASSESSMENT HELPS TO USE BEST PAIN MANAGEMENT AND PREVENT THESE COMPLICATIONS WHICH REDUCE LENGTH OF STAY IN HOSPITAL AND READMISSIONS THUS REDUCING THE COST OF CARE.