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Acute pain Acute pain occurs after an acute injury, illness or surgical intervention and has a rapid onset, with varying intensity (mild to severe) and lasts for a short time (Meinhart and Mc Caffery, 1983, NIH 1986 in Potter and Perry, 1997). By Bonica in 1987, acute pain as a collection of unpleasant experiences associated with sensory, perceptual and emotional responses related to the autonomic, emotional and behavioral. Acute pain is usually a new event, a sudden and short duration. It is associated with acute illness, surgery or medical procedures or trauma and pain can help to determine its location. Another characteristic is the sense of pain can usually be identified, the pain was quickly reduced / lost, are clear and likely to end up / missing.

external distraction. Each person may find different images or approaches to relaxation more helpful than others. The nurse should have a variety of relaxation scripts or audiovisual aids to help clients find the best one for them. Return demonstrations by the participant provide an opportunity for the nurse to evaluate the effectiveness of teaching sessions. Conveys to the health care team effective strategies in reducing or eliminating pain.

RATIONALE: Objective: Pain is a subjective experience and must be described by the client in order to plan effective treatment. The client must feel comfortable trying a different approach to pain management. To avoid ineffective strategies, the client should be involved in the planning process. Relaxation techniques help reduce skeletal muscle tension, which will reduce the intensity of the pain. Comfort and a quiet atmosphere promote a relaxed feeling and permit the client to focus on the relaxation technique rather than Facial mask of pain, (+) Guardingposition while we are interviewing her. Acute pain related topost-opsurgical incision as evidenced by facial mask of pain. The patient experiences pain because of the incision done to her after her CS and BTL operation. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage . GOALAfter 8 hoursof nursingintervention,the patientspain will beminimized

Pain is asubjectiveexperienceand must bedescribed bythe patient inorder to planeffectivetreatment.