Exam 16: Pain, Temperature Regulation, Sleep, and Sensory Function

When considering the risk factors for the development of phantom limb pain, the nurse recognizes which as a primary contributing factor?

A healthcare professional is trying to lower a patient's body temperature by convection. What action by the professional will accomplish this?

Where is the gate in the gate control theory (GCT) of pain located?

A patient's chart describes visceral pain. What does the healthcare professional understand about this term?

Which endogenous opioid is located in the hypothalamus and pituitary and is a strong m-receptor agonist?

Pricking one's finger with a needle would cause minimal pain, whereas experiencing abdominal surgery would produce more pain. This distinction is an example of which pain theory?

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep occurs in cycles approximately how often?

A healthcare professional is caring for four postsurgical patients. Based on an understanding of the physiologic process of nociceptors, the nurse expects to give more pain medication to which patient?

Parents of a child report that the child wakes up from sleep expressing intense anxiety. What disorder does the healthcare professional educate the parents about?

Which cytokines are endogenous pyrogens? (Select all that apply.)

A healthcare professional is caring for a person who has experienced pain for 3 days. What signs would the professional note if the patient has anxiety in addition to the pain?

Which factors contribute to sensorineural hearing loss? (Select all that apply.)

Where in the CNS does a person's learned pain response occur?

A patient has been exposed to prolonged high environmental temperatures and now shows signs of dehydration, decreased plasma volumes, hypotension, decreased cardiac output, and tachycardia. What treatment does the healthcare professional prepare to administer to this patient?

Which spinal tract carries the most nociceptive information?

Which term is also used to refer to paradoxical sleep?

Which neuropeptide dysfunction is linked to narcolepsy?

Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process?

Where are the primary-order pain-transmitting neurons located within the spinal cord?

Which pain theory proposes that a balance of impulses conducted from the spinal cord to the higher centers in the central nervous system (CNS) modulates the transmission of pain?