Exam 34: Pain Management

Which assessment findings lead the nurse to clarify the order for ibuprofen 600 mg PO every 8 hours?

Which is the highest priority nursing diagnosis for a patient with a spinal cord injury and no pain sensation below the waist?

Which assessment finding leads the nurse to clarify the patient's order for morphine sulfate controlled release 60 mg PO every 12 hours?

Which is an example of nociceptive pain?

Which medication order will provide the most consistent control of the patient's chronic pain?

The nurse observes a postoperative patient trying to take a friend's oxycodone pain pills in addition to the pain medication administered by the nurse.Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for this patient?

Which medication order will provide the most immediate relief of the patient's acute pain?

The nurse is caring for a patient who just underwent knee-replacement surgery.The patient complains of pain at the operative site but it is too soon for the nurse to administer the next dose of pain medication.What is the appropriate action of the nurse?

Which pain relieving option should be avoided by a patient with chronic back pain who must continue to work as a truck driver?

Which is the appropriate goal for a nonverbal,confused patient with the nursing diagnosis chronic pain related to widespread tissue damage?

Which nursing diagnosis is the highest priority for a patient who just received local anesthesia to the back of the throat for a diagnostic procedure?

Which is an appropriate goal for a patient's preoperative teaching?

Why is acute pain particularly dangerous for a patient having a heart attack?

Which medications are appropriate for a patient with chronic pain and cannot swallow pills?

The patient expresses frustration about not being able to function as the family breadwinner any longer due to chronic severe pain.Which psychosocial nursing diagnosis is most appropriate for this patient's concern?

Which nonpharmacological pain-relief technique is appropriate for a confused,nonverbal patient?

Which instruction will the nurse give to the patient about proper use of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)?

Which is the priority nursing diagnosis for a patient with a continuous epidural infusion of fentanyl and bupivacaine?

Which assessment question enables the nurse to determine provocative factors of the patient's pain?

A patient has a morphine sulfate patient-controlled analgesia (PCA)to control postoperative pain.When the nurse enters the room,the patient complains of pain.The nurse's first response is which of the following?