They are important factors in general health and
What are the functions of
recovery from illness, it increases your pain tolerance,
sleep?
and allows improved response to analgesia
the time period in which you dream, a period of high
What is Rapid Eye
level activity, heart rate, bp, and respirations are similar
Movement (REM) sleep?
to that when awake
What is Non-Rapid eye when the body receives the most rest; heart rate, bp,
movement (NREM) sleep? and respirations decline
Newborn sleep atleast 16 hours of sleep per day
requirements
Age 1 sleep requirements 12-14 hours per day
preschool sleep 11-13 hours per night
requirements
school-age sleep 10-11 hours per night
requirements
adolescents sleep 9-10 hours per night
requirements
adult sleep requirement 8 hours per night
What effects does It negatively affects many systems such as
inadequate rest and sleep cardiovascular, respiratory, immune, and neurological as
have on the body? well as metabolism
How is sleep affected in a noise and commotion, frequently interrupted by
hospital? diagnostics tests and vital sign measurements
, How can nurses reduce the by adjusting environmental factors. using flashlights
disruption of rest and instead of turning on the lights, offer earplugs
sleep?
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
What are non- Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (PENS)
pharmacological pain Binders, application of heat and cold, relaxation,
treatments? biofeedback, distraction, guided imagery and
meditation, music, hypnosis, massage
What are some pain They can be treated with nonpharmacological and
management skills for acute pharmacological methods
and chronic pain?
What pain medications may nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, COX-2 inhibitors,
be ordered for acute and narcotics or opioid
chronic pain?
Pain classification is how the pain feels such as rushing,
throbbing, pulsating, twisting, pulling, burning, searing,
What is pain classification?
stabbing, tearing, biting, blinding, nauseating,
debilitating
usually associated with injury; short duration; usually
What is acute pain?
controlled with analgesics (pain killers)
pain that may continue for months or years; often
associated with conditions such as arthritis or chronic
What is chronic pain?
back pain; may be treated with pharmacologic and
nonpharmacologic interventions
involves injury to the tissue; may be found in skin, joints,
What is nociceptive pain? or organ viscera; four phases; treatments are aimed at
one or all four phases
transduction, transmission, perception, modulation;
NSAIDs work at blocking transduction; Opioids block
What are the 4 phases of
transmission; distraction and guided imagery block
nociceptive pain?
perception; drugs that block neurotransmitter uptake
work on modulation
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