ATI Skills Module Pain Management Questions and Correct Answers
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Module
ATI skills module 3.0
Institution
ATI Skills Module 3.0
Titration
~ The process of gradually adjusting the dose of a medication until the desired effect is
achieved
Tolerance
~ An adaptive state characterized by a decreasing response to repeated constant doses of a
drug of the need for increasing doses to maintain a constant response
Transmissio...
ATI Skills Module Pain
Management Questions and Correct
Answers
Acute pain
✓✓~ transient discomfort or physical distress signaling actual or potential tissue damage and
characterized by an identifiable cause, a short duration, resolution with healing, and few long-term
emotional consequences
addiction
✓✓~ Referring to drug addiction: a dependence phenomenon characterized by impaired control
over drug use, compulsive use, continued use despite harm, and craving
Adjuvant analgesia
✓✓~ a drug primarily used to treat something other than pain but also enhances pain relief
alternative therapies
✓✓~ treatment approaches, used to replace conventional medical treatments, which are not
currently considered part of conventional Western medicine
analgesia
✓✓~ absence of sensitivity to pain
analgesic
, ✓✓~ substance used as a pain reliever; a drug that acts to reduce pain, including over-the-
counter drugs such as aspirin as well as those available by prescription only
analgesic ceiling
✓✓~ the dose of a particular drug beyond which additional amounts of the same drug do not
increase the analgesic effect
breakthrough pain
✓✓~ a flaring of moderate to severe pain despite therapeutic doses of analgesics
chronic pain
✓✓~ a feeling of physical distress or discomfort that persists over a long period of time and does
not always have an identifiable cause
complimentary therapies
✓✓~ treatment approaches used to complement conventional medical treatments
dermatome
✓✓~ area of skin supplied with afferent nerve fibers from a single posterior spinal root
efficacy
✓✓~ The ability of a drug to achieve its desired effect
epidural anesthesia
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