CE: Pain and Mental Health Symptoms After Traumatic Orthopedic Injury. Issue 9 (September 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Breazeale, Stephen; Barrett, Stephanie; Holland, William; Webb, Megan
• Is Part Of: American journal of nursing. Volume 122:Issue 9(2022)
• Page Start: 26
• Page End: 37
• Publication Date: 2022-09
• Subjects: acute stress disorder -- anxiety -- depression -- mental health -- orthopedic trauma -- pain -- posttraumatic stress disorder -- sleep disturbances -- symptom management -- traumatic orthopedic injury; Nursing -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 610.7305
• DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000873444.48723.48
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-936X

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article highlights the need to screen survivors of traumatic orthopedic injuries for postinjury symptoms associated with stressor-related disorders such as acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, including pain, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and depression. The authors discuss the presentation of these postinjury symptoms, the instruments used to screen for each, the various pharmacological and nonpharmacological treatments, and the nursing implications for managing postinjury symptoms in traumatic orthopedic injury survivors. Abstract : A review of the presentation, screening, and treatment of postinjury symptoms associated with stressor-related disorders such as acute stress disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder, including pain, sleep disturbances, anxiety, and depression.