Exam 15: Pain Assessment and Basic Comfort Measures

Catheter migration into the______________ can produce dangerously high medication levels.Only physicians and nurse anesthetists administer drugs in this space.

The nurse is caring for a patient who is a devout Orthodox Jew.The patient is on a patient-controlled analgesia ( PCA ) pump.What accommodations might the nurse have to make to conform to the patient's cultural needs?

Massaging upward and outward from the vertebral column and back again is known as __________________.

Which of the following are characteristics of cancer pain? (Select all that apply.)

The patient is in the hospital undergoing major abdominal surgery.When the patient returns from the recovery room, the nurse expects that he most likely will be receiving pain medication:

Before administering an epidural medication, the nurse aspirates and suspects that the catheter has migrated into the subarachnoid space when:

The patient voices concern to the nurse regarding his PCA pump.He states that he is afraid of getting an overdose if he pushes the button too many times.The nurse reassures the patient that: (Select all that apply.)

Which of the following statements about evaluating patients in pain is true?

A nurse checks the continuous IV infusion for the intraspinal analgesia.The IV setup should be changed if:

Which of the following patient conditions is categorized as a neurobiological disease?

The nurse who is caring for a patient postoperatively notes that he is expressing discomfort and is diaphoretic.Which of the following interventions is most appropriate?

_______________________ is a massage technique used on tense muscles to "knead" muscles, promote relaxation, and stimulate local circulation.

The patient is admitted with chronic pain.She states that nothing takes the pain away totally, but that "Dilaudid works best." The fact that the patient calls the medication by name should alert the nurse to:

The nurse caring for a patient who has a PCA knows that it:

Pain that extends beyond the period of healing and often lacks an identified pathology is known as _______________.

The patient is scheduled for surgery late in the afternoon.His postoperative orders include PCA therapy.Which of the following nursing interventions is appropriate to perform?

________________ draws on internal experiences of memories, dreams, fantasies, and visions; explores the inner world of experience; protects the privacy of the patient; and fosters the imagination.

__________________ is an interactive method of pain management that permits patient control over pain through self-administration of analgesics.