Exam 91: Pain Management

The nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of guided imagery for pain management as used for a patient who has second- and third-degree burns and needs extensive dressing changes.Which statement best describes that guided imagery is effectively controlling the patient's pain during dressing changes?

What is the most appropriate way to assess the pain of a patient who is oriented and has recently had surgery?

A nurse is caring for a patient with rheumatoid arthritis who is now going to be taking 2 acetaminophen (Tylenol)tablets every 6 hours to control pain.Which part of the patient's social history is the nurse most concerned about?

The nurse is assessing how a patient's pain is affecting mobility.Which assessment question is most appropriate?

A nursing student is planning care for an elderly patient who is experiencing pain.Which of the following statements made by the nursing student indicates the need for the nursing professor to clarify the nursing student's knowledge?

The nurse anticipates administering an opioid fentanyl patch to which patient?

A nurse is providing medication education to a patient who just started taking ibuprofen,a nonselective nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug (NSAID).Which statement made by the nurse best indicates how ibuprofen works?

A nurse is supervising a student who is caring for a patient with chronic pain.Which statement by the student indicates an understanding of pain management?

The nurse is caring for two patients; both are having a hysterectomy.The first patient is having the hysterectomy after a complicated birth.The second patient has uterine cancer.What will most likely influence the experience of pain for these two patients?

A nurse has brought the patient his scheduled pain medication.The patient asks the nurse to wait to give pain medication until the time for the dressing change,which is 2 hours away.Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?

A nurse is caring for a patient who fell on the ice and has connective tissue damage in the wrist and hand.What does type of pain does the nurse document that the patient has?

The nurse is caring for an infant in the intensive care unit.Which of the following is the most accurate description of factors that will influence the perception and management of pain for this patient?

A nurse receives an order from a health care provider to administer Vicodin ES,which contains 750 mg acetaminophen and 7.5 mg hydrocodone,to a patient who is experiencing 8/10 postsurgical pain.The order is to give 2 tablets every 6 hours by mouth as needed for pain.What is the nurse's best next action?

A patient arrives at the emergency department experiencing a headache and rates the pain as 7 on a 0 to 10 pain scale.What nonpharmacological intervention does the nurse implement for this patient while awaiting orders for pain medication from the health care provider?

The nurse is caring for a patient who suddenly experiences chest pain.What is the nurse's first priority?

A 24-year-old Asian woman is in labor and refuses to receive any sort of anesthesia medication.Which alternative treatment is best for this patient?

The nurse recognizes that which of the following is a modifiable contributor to a patient's perception of pain?

The nurse knows that which technique is best for assessing pain in a child who is 4 years of age?

A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had an abdominal hysterectomy and states that she is experiencing severe pain.The patient's blood pressure is 110/60,and her heart rate is 60.Additionally,the patient does not appear to be in any distress.Which response by the nurse is most therapeutic?

Which of the following statements made by the patient indicates to the nurse that teaching on a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)device has been effective?