Exam 7: Care of Patients With Pain

Although the patient with a kidney stone denies pain,the nurse assesses cues that indicate that pain is perceived.These cues include: (Select all that apply.)

When a patient reports pain relief after having received a placebo,the nurse concludes that the patient:

To help with pain control,the nurse plans distraction activities for a patient to be timed to:

Because of the threat of lowering the seizure threshold,the home health nurse would suggest that the 85-year-old patient limit the use of the pain medication:

In order to provide the optimum nursing care,it is important for the nurse to know that the standard of pain and pain control is best determined by which person?

Matching Arrange the sequence of nociceptive pain in the order in which the process occurs. -Step: 3

The nurse clarifies the basics of the gate theory of pain control as:

The nurse explains to the patient with neuropathic pain that the most effective pain control will be achieved through the use of: (Select all that apply.)

The functions of endorphins are believed to be: (Select all that apply.)

Matching Arrange the sequence of nociceptive pain in the order in which the process occurs. -Step: 1

The nurse stresses to the home health patient that the acetaminophen pain medication should be taken:

When the patient receiving morphine sulfate intravenously breaks out in hives and begins to itch,the nurse should initially:

The nurse using the gate theory as a guide to pain management will offer: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse is caring for a patient who is having constant nociceptor pain.The nurse can best address the patient's pain during the perception phase of pain with which intervention?

The nurse explains that acupressure and acupuncture are effective pain relief modalities that focus on specific body areas called:

Matching Arrange the sequence of nociceptive pain in the order in which the process occurs. -Step: 4

The patient is experiencing phantom pain following the amputation of her foot.Which type of pain is most associated with phantom pain?

Pain receptors in the skin,connective tissue,bone,joints,and muscles are classified as __________.

The nurse explains that the pain threshold and pain tolerance are different in that the pain threshold is the point at which:

The nurse instructing a family member in the technique of massage will stress that he should use: