Highlight the subjective symptoms in yellow and the objective symptoms in pink.
The patient is a woman in the 8th decade of her life, she is a retired teacher who gardens & works with rescue dogs. Her vitals are T- 97.8 F, P-118, B/P 98/56, R- 20. The patient reports that one of the dogs knocked her over in the garden last week & her wrist still hurts “I can’t pick up a pot or pan”. She rates her pain as a 6/10 on the Wong-Baker FACES rating scale.
It is a sharp pain that runs up her arm. Her fingers are slightly swollen. She is holding her wrist close to her chest. The patient arrives back to the nursing home where you are the nurse with a prescription for Tramadol for severe pain and ibuprofen for mild pain.
1. Highlight the subjective symptoms in yellow and the objective symptoms in pink.
2. What is the PQRST of her pain?
3. Is this acute or chronic pain?
4. What are some non-pharmacological interventions the nurse can implement to help with the pain?