#379: Acute vs. Chronic Pain

Straight A Nursing: Study for nursing school exams & NCLEX

Straight A Nursing

Education, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 26 December 2024

⏱️ 38 minutes

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In this episode, Nurse Mo breaks down the key differences between acute and chronic pain to help you navigate pain management more effectively as a nurse or nursing student. By understanding how these two types of pain differ in causes, duration, and treatment approaches, you’ll be better equipped to deliver compassionate and tailored care (and crush those nursing school exams!). Highlights include: Key characteristics of acute and chronic pain - causes, duration, quality, and impact on life Pharmacologic treatments for acute and chronic pain Non-pharmacologic treatments - explore medications (from NSAIDs to botulinum toxin) and non-pharmacologic strategies (such as CBT, physical therapy, and TENS units) Links mentioned in this episode: Types of Pain - Dive deeper into the different subtypes of pain here! Corticosteroids - Learn the key things you know about this common type of medication LAST - Learn about local anesthetic systemic toxicity ___________________ Full Transcript - Read the article and view references FREE CLASS - If all you've heard are nursing school horror stories, then you need this class! Join me in this on-demand session where I dispel all those nursing school myths and show you that YES...you can thrive in nursing school without it taking over your life! Study Sesh - Change the way you study with this private podcast that includes dynamic audio formats that help you review and test your recall of important nursing concepts on-the-go. Free yourself from your desk with Study Sesh! Pharmacology Success Pack - Want to get a head start on pharmacology? Download the FREE Pharmacology Success Pack. Fast Pharmacology - Learn pharmacology concepts in 5 minutes or less in this audio based program. Perfect for on-the-go review! Clinical Success Pack - One of the best ways to fast-track your clinical learning is having the right tools. 💕Did you love this episode? Please take a moment to follow or subscribe to the show so you never miss an episode! ___________________ The information, including but not limited to, audio, video, text, and graphics contained on this podcast are for educational purposes only. No content on this podcast is intended to guide nursing practice and does not supersede any individual healthcare provider's scope of practice or any nursing school curriculum. Additionally, no content on this podcast is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment. Straight a Nursing is a proud member of the Airwave Media Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:41.7	Well, hello there.
0:46.4	I'm Nurse Moe, and this is the straight-day nursing podcast where I teach concepts and share tips so you can thrive in nursing school and at the bedside.
0:51.0	Today, we're talking about a foundation concept. We're going to be looking at the key
0:57.0	differences between acute pain and chronic pain. Now, before we do that, of course, I do want to
1:03.3	take a quick minute for our listener shoutout. And this one goes out to Laura F, who says,
1:09.9	prepping for a second semester with Crucial Concepts Boot Camp
1:13.1	and finding it so helpful. Also, Love Nurse Most Podcast for on the go learning. Thank you so much,
1:19.9	Laura, for letting me know that you are finding Crucial Concepts Boot Camp helpful as you prepare
1:26.0	for second semester. I'm so glad because second semester,
1:30.5	you know, depending on what your school teaches in that semester, I know where I went to school,
1:34.6	second semester was a doozy. So I'm glad that you're going into it feeling more confident.
1:39.8	And I'm also really happy that you love using the podcast for on the go learning, which is exactly why I made it.
1:46.5	So thanks again, Laura, and best of luck to you.
1:49.0	So if you're curious what Laura is talking about with my boot camp, that is my nursing school prep course, which teaches foundation concepts so that you don't hear them for the very first time when you're in your first semester classes.
2:02.2	And I also share success strategies, test-taking strategies, how to take notes, how to do dosage
2:08.8	calculations, all kinds of things that set you up for success.
2:12.4	So I will put a link to that in episode notes.
2:14.7	Of course, you can always just go to the straight-A nursing student
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