Nursing exam 2 (pain management) Questions With Correct Answers
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Pain Management
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Pain Management
Nursing exam 2 (pain management)
Questions With Correct Answers
Pain is often _______, ____________, and ___________________. - answerunder-recognized,
misunderstood, and inadequately treated
Do people experience pain in the same way? Is pain subjective? - answerno and yes
What are nurses obli...
Nursing exam 2 (pain management)
Questions With Correct Answers
Pain is often _______, ____________, and ___________________. - answer✔under-recognized,
misunderstood, and inadequately treated
Do people experience pain in the same way? Is pain subjective? - answer✔no and yes
What are nurses obligated to do when it comes to pain management? - answer✔1. nurses are legally
and ethically responsible for assessing and managing pain. Perform pain assessment prior to taking vital
signs.
2. pain management should be patient centered, with nurses practicing patient advocacy,
empowerment, compassion, and respect.
What are nurses' assumptions about patients in pain? - answer✔- limit ability to offer relief
- do not believe if patient does not appear in pain
- must accept a patient's report of pain
- view experience through the patient's eyes
What are physiological factors that influence pain? - answer✔1. age
2. fatigue
3. genes
4. neurological function
What are social factors that influence pain? - answer✔1. previous experience
2. family and social network
3. spiritual factors
What are psychological factors that influence pain? - answer✔1. attention
What are cultural factors that influence pain? - answer✔1. meaning of pain
2. ethnicity
What is important about assessment when a patient is in pain? - answer✔ask their pain level
What do we use when we are asking assessment questions to the patient about pain? What is this
mnemonic? - answer✔PQRSTU
P: provocative / palliative
Q: quality / quantity
R: region / radiation
S: severity
T: timing / treatment
U: understanding
What is the clinical approach to management? - answer✔ABCDE
A: ask / assess the pain
B: believe the pain that the patient is experiencing
C: choose pain relief options
D: deliver intervention time (usually 30 mins patient wait)
E: empower patient and family
When a smiling and corporative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for this patient often
harbor misconceptions about the patient's pain. Which of the following is true?
a. chronic pain is psychological in nature
b. patients are the best judges of their pain
c. regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction
d. amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage - answer✔the patients are the best judges of
their pain
What is important for the planning process of nursing? - answer✔1. analyze information from multiple
sources
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