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9. What methods of controlling chronic pain besides drug therapy
are there?
10. What methods of assessing pain have you known about in the text?
3. Discuss these questions with a partner.
1. Are you good at dealing with pain?
2. Do you have any special techniques to help you deal with pain?
3. What is your experience of looking after people in severe pain?
4. Match these words for types of pain with their descriptions.
1. a throbbing pain a feels like it is eating you
2. a sharp pain b travels fast along part of your body
3. a burning pain c is steady and not too painful
4. a stabbing d feels like a muscle is being squeezed
5. a shooting pain e feels like something sharp is stuck into you
6. a dull ache f comes and goes rhythmically
7. a gnawing pain g feels like fire
8. a cramping pain h is strong and sudden
9. unbearable I not extreme
10. moderate j cannot be tolerated
5. Read dialogues of four patients with the nurse describing
their pain. Tick (+) the positions that describe the pain.
1)
N How are you today, Kath? Are you still in pain?
P Well, there’s pain around my stomach. It’s quite bad.
N What kind of pain is it?
P It’s a burning pain.
N Do you always have it?
P It never goes away. Never.
N Is it getting worse?
No, it’s staying about the same.
2)
N How’s the pain today, Emir?
P It’s much better, thanks. I have a slight pain, just here in my
right side, but it’s a lot less painful than yesterday.
N How often do you get the pain?
P Only every now and again – it comes and goes.