What is the definition on pain? - answer✔Unpleasant sensory or emotional experience associated
with actual or potential tissue damage
T/F: Pain is what the patient says it is - answer✔True
What should the Rn objectively check when assessing pain? - answer✔- Vital signs
- Facial expression
- The site of pain
T/F: sometime patients will describe pain as something else such as feeling uncomfortable or
restless - answer✔True
Define acute pain - answer✔Pain directly related to tissue injury - resolved when tissue heals
Define chronic pain - answer✔Pain that persists beyond 3 months, secondary to chronic pain
disorders or nerve damage after healing is complete
Define Intractable pain - answer✔Pain state that is usually sever in which there is no cure after
acceptable medical treatments have been offered
Define neuropathic pain - answer✔Pain that is related to malfunctioning/damage of nervous
tissue
Nociceptive pain - answer✔Pain directly related to tissue damage - may be somatic or visceral
Define the pain threshold - answer✔The process of recognizing, defining and responding to pain
Define pain tolerance - answer✔The most pain a person will tolerate before taking action
Define phantom pain - answer✔pain sensations experienced from a limb that has been amputated
What are the 5 phases of the nursing process? - answer✔1. Assessment
Define the intravenous route - answer✔- Effective route as rapid relief of acute pain
Define the transnasal route - answer✔- Rapid action of medication
- Direct absorption via nasal mucosa
Define the transdermal route - answer✔- Non - invasive
- Delivers relatively stable plasma drug levels
Define the rectal route - answer✔- Effective route for those with nausea, vomiting
Define the intraspinal route - answer✔- Epidural or intrathecal
- Superior analgesia medication use
What are some non-pharmacological pain management - answer✔- Heat/ice
- Acupuncture
- Massage
- Reposition
What is the composition of body fluids? - answer✔- Water (primarily)
- Electrolytes
- Glucose
- Urea
- Creatinine
What are the 2 main mechanisms for for regulating body water homeostasis? - answer✔1. Thirst
2. Excretion
What is the CNS regulation of body water homeostasis? - answer✔- Hypothalamus
- Baroreceptors
What is the endocrine regulation response to decreased blood vol? - answer✔ACTH release
ADH release
RAAS activation
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