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Pain is classified as acute or chronic .Acute pain such as postoperative pain subsides as healing takes place .
Chronic pain is persistent and is subdivided into cancer related pain and arthritis , low back pain and peripheral neuropathy .
Any type of pain -----
• Assessment- Time , intensity and location of pain .
• Intervention- Non- pharmacological or pharmacological.
• Measurement - Time , intensity and response .
After assessment medication given as per physician order, it is oral or IV infusion or opioid or non opioid.
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