NU 201 TEST 3 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
McCaffery's definition of pain - Answers :maintains that pain is whatever the person
says it is
pain can prevent injury - Answers :ex: hot stove
nurses responsibility regarding pain - Answers :-relieve pain
-individualize nursing interventions
-pain management
-informed by evidence
-advocate
-leadership
what is involved In processing painful stimuli - Answers :peripheral and central nervous
system
nocireceptors - Answers :free ending afferent nerve fibers, sensitive to thermal,
mechanical or chemical stimuli
4 physiologic processes - Answers :transduction, transmission, perception, modulation
dependence - Answers :rely, but helps life
addiction - Answers :physically and emotionally dependent
analgesic - Answers :pain-reducing
pain threshold - Answers :the point at which the brain recognizes and defines a stimulus
as pain
pain tolerance - Answers :intensity or duration of pain that a patient is able or willing to
endure
spinothalmic tract - Answers :pain sensation is conducted to the brain
gate control theory - Answers :if pain impulses are stopped at spinal cord gate, it won't
be transmitted to the brain
acute pain - Answers :stems from acute injury, subsides when injury heals
cancer pain - Answers :tumors pressing on nerves or organs
non cancer pain - Answers :nociceptive, physiologic
organs such as heart or kidney
, referred pain - Answers :pain in area other than area causing pain
EX: jaw/left
chronic pain - Answers :lasts longer than 6 months
ex: arthritis
radiating pain - Answers :pain that extends to other areas
ex: heart burn
psychogenic pain - Answers :perceived pain without physical cause
ex: headache, stomachache
pain health assessment questions - Answers :Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Association
Time course
Exerverating/relieving factors
Severity
pain diversity considerations - Answers :infants: pre-term neurologic immature
elderly: just as acute as adults
gender: women report more pain due to estrogen
culture: not all cultures express pain the same
disability: impaired cognition can't verbalize pain, can nonverbal
obsese: tend to experience more pain
pain can affect which systems - Answers :cardio
respiratory
gastrointestinal
musculoskeletal
endocrine
urinary
sensory
immune
common nursing diagnosis with pain - Answers :acute
chronic
ineffective coping
anxiety
disturbed sleeping pattern
readiness for enhanced comfort
planning with pain - Answers :7 rights
education
McCaffery's definition of pain - Answers :maintains that pain is whatever the person
says it is
pain can prevent injury - Answers :ex: hot stove
nurses responsibility regarding pain - Answers :-relieve pain
-individualize nursing interventions
-pain management
-informed by evidence
-advocate
-leadership
what is involved In processing painful stimuli - Answers :peripheral and central nervous
system
nocireceptors - Answers :free ending afferent nerve fibers, sensitive to thermal,
mechanical or chemical stimuli
4 physiologic processes - Answers :transduction, transmission, perception, modulation
dependence - Answers :rely, but helps life
addiction - Answers :physically and emotionally dependent
analgesic - Answers :pain-reducing
pain threshold - Answers :the point at which the brain recognizes and defines a stimulus
as pain
pain tolerance - Answers :intensity or duration of pain that a patient is able or willing to
endure
spinothalmic tract - Answers :pain sensation is conducted to the brain
gate control theory - Answers :if pain impulses are stopped at spinal cord gate, it won't
be transmitted to the brain
acute pain - Answers :stems from acute injury, subsides when injury heals
cancer pain - Answers :tumors pressing on nerves or organs
non cancer pain - Answers :nociceptive, physiologic
organs such as heart or kidney
, referred pain - Answers :pain in area other than area causing pain
EX: jaw/left
chronic pain - Answers :lasts longer than 6 months
ex: arthritis
radiating pain - Answers :pain that extends to other areas
ex: heart burn
psychogenic pain - Answers :perceived pain without physical cause
ex: headache, stomachache
pain health assessment questions - Answers :Site
Onset
Character
Radiation
Association
Time course
Exerverating/relieving factors
Severity
pain diversity considerations - Answers :infants: pre-term neurologic immature
elderly: just as acute as adults
gender: women report more pain due to estrogen
culture: not all cultures express pain the same
disability: impaired cognition can't verbalize pain, can nonverbal
obsese: tend to experience more pain
pain can affect which systems - Answers :cardio
respiratory
gastrointestinal
musculoskeletal
endocrine
urinary
sensory
immune
common nursing diagnosis with pain - Answers :acute
chronic
ineffective coping
anxiety
disturbed sleeping pattern
readiness for enhanced comfort
planning with pain - Answers :7 rights
education
