St. Paul Home, a Catholic health care institution, is a community of healing and compassion. The care provided embraces the physical, psychological, social, and spiritual dimensions of the individual. The charge nurse will complete a pain assessment using the pain assessment tool. Pain Location Pain Level Pain Type and Description Acute Pain - lasts from one day to twelve weeks. Its onset is sudden and eventually it resolves when the injury is healed.
Chronic pain can be episodic with periodic recurrence.
Chronic pain can be progressive. Breakthrough Pain - occurs when there is a sudden increase in the intensity or severity of the pain despite a pain control program. Cancer Pain - may be acute related to a specific treatment regimen or it may become chronic. The nurse will use the Cognitively Impaired Assessment Tool to assess cognitively impaired residents . . . The nurse will determine the resident's 'comfort profile' through the pain assessment.