Exam 8: Pain

Two patients are hospitalized with the same diagnosis, but one is 23 years old, with acute recent pain from an injury, and the other is 64 years old, with pain of long-standing duration of several years.What is the difference in the anticipated assessments?

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Question 21

When a patient with sciatica seats himself in a chair, he gasps and complains of a burning and shooting pain in his hip.What type of pain does this represent?

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Question 22

A nurse is administering morphine IM, which was prescribed for a patient reporting severe pain.What should be the nurse's primary assessment focus on to evaluate the patient's response to this drug?

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Question 23

Morphine sulfate (30 mg)IM PRN was prescribed for pain for an 80-year-old patient with emphysema who weighs 100 lb.What is the most appropriate action for the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)?

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Question 24

A nurse is notified when a patient, newly admitted with liver and gallbladder disease, complains of pain in the right middle back and asks for some pain medication.What is the best interpretation of this reported assessment by the nurse?

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Question 25

What intervention of pain control exemplifies the gate control methods of pain relief?

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Question 26

What sympathetic responses to pain might be assessed by the nurse?

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Question 27

What are the standards for pain management published by The Joint Commission (TJC)? (Select all that apply.)

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Question 28

A patient who had a myocardial infarction 2 days earlier has been eating well, is ambulating with assistance, and is receiving antibiotics and morphine by intravenous (IV)drip.The patient complains of constipation this morning.What should the nurse assess as the probable cause of the constipation?

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Two patients are hospitalized with the same diagnosis, but one is 23 years old, with acute recent pain from an injury, and the other is 64 years old, with pain of long-standing duration of several years.What is the difference in the anticipated assessments?

When a patient with sciatica seats himself in a chair, he gasps and complains of a burning and shooting pain in his hip.What type of pain does this represent?

A nurse is administering morphine IM, which was prescribed for a patient reporting severe pain.What should be the nurse's primary assessment focus on to evaluate the patient's response to this drug?

Morphine sulfate (30 mg)IM PRN was prescribed for pain for an 80-year-old patient with emphysema who weighs 100 lb.What is the most appropriate action for the licensed practical/vocational nurse (LPN/LVN)?

A nurse is notified when a patient, newly admitted with liver and gallbladder disease, complains of pain in the right middle back and asks for some pain medication.What is the best interpretation of this reported assessment by the nurse?

What intervention of pain control exemplifies the gate control methods of pain relief?

What sympathetic responses to pain might be assessed by the nurse?

What are the standards for pain management published by The Joint Commission (TJC)? (Select all that apply.)

A patient who had a myocardial infarction 2 days earlier has been eating well, is ambulating with assistance, and is receiving antibiotics and morphine by intravenous (IV)drip.The patient complains of constipation this morning.What should the nurse assess as the probable cause of the constipation?

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