nur 155 unit 9/10 pain revised

Question 1

Your patient has been complaining of chronic back pain but no physical cause has been found. This is which pain type?

Accepted Answer

psychogenic pain

Question 2

In preparing to teach the patient, the nurse must consider which concepts?

Accepted Answer

pain level, readiness to learn,health literacy, emotional status

Question 3

When the nurse is preparing to provide preoperative teaching to a deaf patient, what action by the nurse is best?

Accepted Answer

Provide an interpreter.

Question 4

Your pt describes their pain 7/10. Which pain scale are the using?

Accepted Answer

The Numeric Rating Scale

Question 5

Preemptive analgesia ( medicating before painful event) would occur at what times? ( SATA)

Accepted Answer

before wound debridement, wound dressing change, before first PT session after surgery

Question 6

To teach effectively, nurses must recognize which concept?

Accepted Answer

Patients come from diverse cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds.

Question 7

The nurse is about to teach a 90-year-old patient. In teaching an elderly patient, the nurse realizes what information?

Accepted Answer

Sensory alterations often occur with aging.

Question 8

Wong Baker FACES scale for what patient?

Accepted Answer

Nonverbal patients

Question 9

Which of these is true for chronic pain? (SATA)

Accepted Answer

fatigue, lower HR, decreased systolic BP, depression

Question 10

Which one of these is a pharmacological intervention for pain? (SATA)

Accepted Answer

NSAID- non steroidal anti-inflammatory, tylenol, morphine

Question 11

When planning to educate your pt, you should assess (SATA)

Accepted Answer

learning style, health literacy

Question 12

Which one of these is a non-pharmacological intervention for pain? (SATA)

Accepted Answer

music therapy, dog therapy

Question 13

Nurses have an ethical responsibility to relieve pain and the suffering it causes.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

The normal pain pathway is called

Accepted Answer

nocioceptive pain

Question 15

Neuropathic pain

Accepted Answer

is pain arises from abnormal or damaged pain nerves.

Question 16

barriers to adequate pain management include: SATA

Accepted Answer

Limited access to healthcare, Fear of addiction, Cost

Question 17

Pain can alters a persons vital signs.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

What kind of scale is it when you ask your patient to name their pain on a scale from 1-10

Accepted Answer

NRS scale

Question 19

Physical dependence is when you are unable to function normally without the medication resulting in withdrawal symptoms

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Acute pain most often is defined as

Accepted Answer

pain lasting less than 3 to 6 months

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