Exam 14: Medications for Pain Management and Anesthesia

Which is an example of a procedure appropriate for local anesthesia?

In the nurse's observation of a 24-hour-postoperative elderly patient,the nurse finds the patient in severe pain.He tells the nurse he does not want to take the pain medication because he fears addiction.Which would be the best intervention for this patient?

The patient asks for pain medication after abdominal surgery.By which means would the nurse determine the patient's level of pain to know how much medication to administer?

For which reason would the physician not order a narcotic agonist analgesic when a patient has abdominal pain of undetermined origin?

A patient with a head injury should not receive a narcotic agonist for which reason?

The nurse would expect to see which symptom in a patient who is an abuser of narcotics?

After naloxone (Narcan)is administered to a patient,the nurse would expect to see which symptom?

Narcotic agonists are used to control acute pain.Which are common side effects that may develop from taking these drugs? (Select all that apply.)

Which are side effects of narcotic agonist analgesics? (Select all that apply.)

After a patient has been on a narcotic agonist drug for a week,which would the nurse expect the physician to do next?

Which are contraindications to taking nonnarcotic analgesics? (Select all that apply.)

Morphine (Duramorph)is ordered for a patient's severe incisional pain.Which is correct concerning the length of time it should take for this medication to be administered IV?

Patients receiving a narcotic agonist analgesic should be watched for which signs or symptoms?

A patient in a motor vehicle accident was brought into the emergency department for his injuries.After x-rays were done,the patient was found to have a fractured pelvis.Which drug would the nurse expect the physician to order for this patient because of his acute pain?

The LVN/LPN is assisting the physician with a bedside procedure that requires anesthesia.While assisting,which tasks may be delegated to the LPN/LVN ?

A patient comes to the emergency department with complaints of back pain.After interviewing this patient,the nurse sees that he is a little cyanotic and has problems following the conversation.What should the nurse conclude about this patient?

A patient comes into the emergency department with symptoms of an overdose.The nurse would expect the physician to order which medication?

The physician orders hydromorphone (Dilaudid).The nurse knows that this is the drug of choice because of which reason?

A patient has been on hydrocodone for 6 months and asks if this medication is addictive.Which would be the nurse's best response?