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NUR 275 PAINMANAGEMENT & THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC Questions & 100% Correct
Answers
What is pain?
✓ ~~> • Universal
• Personal
• Unpleasant Emotional & Sensory Experience resulting from actual or
possible damage to tissues and is uniquely experienced and described by
each person.
• #1 reason for seeking healthcare
• Significant public health problem
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain-Endocrine
✓ ~~> -Decreased insulin, increased epinephrine, increased ADH
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Metabolic
✓ ~~> Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, hepatic glycogenolysis
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Cardiovascular
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✓ ~~> Increased HR, increased cardiac workload, hypertension,
hypercoagulation
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Respiratory
✓ ~~> Decreased flows and volume, sputum retention, infection
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Genitourinary
✓ ~~> Decreased urinary output, urinary retention, fluid overload
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Gastrointestinal
✓ ~~> Decreased gastric and bowel motility
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Musculoskeletal
✓ ~~> Muscle spasms, impaired muscle function, fatigue, immobility
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Cognitive
✓ ~~> Reduction in cognitive function, mental confusion
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Immune
✓ ~~> Depressed immune system
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Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Developmental
✓ ~~> Addictive behavior, anxiety states, increased vulnerability to
stress disorders
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Future pain
✓ ~~> Debilitating chronic pain syndromes
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Quality of life
✓ ~~> Sleepiness, anxiety, fear, hopelessness, thoughts of suicide
Pain Classifications
✓ ~~> • Chronic
-• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
-• Persistent
-• Breakthrough
-• Malignant
-• Nonmalignant
• Acute
Acute Pain
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NUR 275 PAINMANAGEMENT & THE OPIOID
EPIDEMIC Questions & 100% Correct
Answers
What is pain?
✓ ~~> • Universal
• Personal
• Unpleasant Emotional & Sensory Experience resulting from actual or
possible damage to tissues and is uniquely experienced and described by
each person.
• #1 reason for seeking healthcare
• Significant public health problem
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain-Endocrine
✓ ~~> -Decreased insulin, increased epinephrine, increased ADH
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Metabolic
✓ ~~> Hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, hepatic glycogenolysis
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Cardiovascular
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✓ ~~> Increased HR, increased cardiac workload, hypertension,
hypercoagulation
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Respiratory
✓ ~~> Decreased flows and volume, sputum retention, infection
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Genitourinary
✓ ~~> Decreased urinary output, urinary retention, fluid overload
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Gastrointestinal
✓ ~~> Decreased gastric and bowel motility
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Musculoskeletal
✓ ~~> Muscle spasms, impaired muscle function, fatigue, immobility
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Cognitive
✓ ~~> Reduction in cognitive function, mental confusion
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Immune
✓ ~~> Depressed immune system
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Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Developmental
✓ ~~> Addictive behavior, anxiety states, increased vulnerability to
stress disorders
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Future pain
✓ ~~> Debilitating chronic pain syndromes
Harmful Effects of Unrelieved Pain- Quality of life
✓ ~~> Sleepiness, anxiety, fear, hopelessness, thoughts of suicide
Pain Classifications
✓ ~~> • Chronic
-• Diabetic peripheral neuropathy
-• Persistent
-• Breakthrough
-• Malignant
-• Nonmalignant
• Acute
Acute Pain
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