Ch 15 Pain Management & Ch 19 Drugs for
Pain
The nurse applying heat to an injured hip of a patient is careful not to leave the heat on longer
than - ANS 30 minutes
The patient with an extensive abdominal operation is assessed by the nurse as having
predictable pain. Analgesics for this patient will be most effective when administered - ANS
Around the clock
The nurse is alert for sympathetic responses to pain, such as - ANS decreased blood pressure,
decreased pulse, decreased respiratory rate
The doctor has ordered either heat or cold treatments for the older adult patient with a leg injury.
The nursing care plan reflects secondary diagnoses of peripheral vascular disease (PVD),
diabetes, and allergy to latex. Which of the ordered treatments would the nurse administer, and
why? - ANS The nurse will use heat because cold is contraindicated for patients with peripheral
vascular disease.
The nurse notices that the patient seems calm and peaceful in spite of an assessment that the
patient's injuries might be causing severe pain. The patient tells the nurse that the use of yoga,
meditation, and ____ lessens the perceptions of pain to tolerable levels. - ANS music by a
favorite instrument.
The gate-control theory of pain was first defined by which of the following persons? - ANS
Melzack and Wall
To perform a nursing assessment correctly, the nurse must remember that pain perception
involves several different variables, including afferent and efferent pathways, which are part of
the - ANS central nervous system.
The nurse is instructing a patient about a TENS unit, how it is used, and how it works.
Appropriate information for this patient would be - ANS "This unit stimulates both the skin and
the underlying tissues to decrease the intensity of the pain."
The nurse explains that transmission of impulses from the spinal cord to the brain can be
controlled by the - ANS afferent nervous system.
Pain
The nurse applying heat to an injured hip of a patient is careful not to leave the heat on longer
than - ANS 30 minutes
The patient with an extensive abdominal operation is assessed by the nurse as having
predictable pain. Analgesics for this patient will be most effective when administered - ANS
Around the clock
The nurse is alert for sympathetic responses to pain, such as - ANS decreased blood pressure,
decreased pulse, decreased respiratory rate
The doctor has ordered either heat or cold treatments for the older adult patient with a leg injury.
The nursing care plan reflects secondary diagnoses of peripheral vascular disease (PVD),
diabetes, and allergy to latex. Which of the ordered treatments would the nurse administer, and
why? - ANS The nurse will use heat because cold is contraindicated for patients with peripheral
vascular disease.
The nurse notices that the patient seems calm and peaceful in spite of an assessment that the
patient's injuries might be causing severe pain. The patient tells the nurse that the use of yoga,
meditation, and ____ lessens the perceptions of pain to tolerable levels. - ANS music by a
favorite instrument.
The gate-control theory of pain was first defined by which of the following persons? - ANS
Melzack and Wall
To perform a nursing assessment correctly, the nurse must remember that pain perception
involves several different variables, including afferent and efferent pathways, which are part of
the - ANS central nervous system.
The nurse is instructing a patient about a TENS unit, how it is used, and how it works.
Appropriate information for this patient would be - ANS "This unit stimulates both the skin and
the underlying tissues to decrease the intensity of the pain."
The nurse explains that transmission of impulses from the spinal cord to the brain can be
controlled by the - ANS afferent nervous system.
