As the nurse working with the client, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?
A 32-year-old female client has been having back pain for a number of years. The client sustained extensive soft tissue damage and a compressed L2 disc as the result of a MVA 3 years ago. She required surgery and extensive physiotherapy. Since that time, the client has had several problems with her back, and it “has never been the same.” Now she is missing time from work as a secretary because of constant pain. The client has been referred to the chronic pain unit.
1. As the nurse working with the client, what aspects of disorders of pain are important to understand?
2. How would the nurse effectively manage the client’s pain at this time?
