A health care provider put a postoperative patient on a patient-controlled opioid analgesic pump to be used around the clock for a week. Which assessment would the nurse make at regular intervals? - ️️Respiratory rate
A healthcare provider prescribes medication for a patient in respiratory dis...
A health care provider put a postoperative patient on a patient-controlled opioid analgesic pump to be
used around the clock for a week. Which assessment would the nurse make at regular intervals? - ✔
✔ Respiratory rate
A healthcare provider prescribes medication for a patient in respiratory distress. Shortly thereafter, the
patient complains of severe pain. Which medication did the patient most likely receive? - ✔ ✔
Naloxone
A patient is in the first postoperative day after a nephrectomy. The patient is receiving morphine
through a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) device for management of pain. The nurse decides to use
the ABCDE approach while assessing and managing pain for this patient. Which component of the
ABCDE approach is correct? - ✔ ✔ A: Ask about the pain regularly.
B: Believe the patient about the pain.
C: Choose pain control options appropriate for the patient.
A patient took more than the prescribed amount of acetaminophen and is experiencing hepatotoxicity?
Which drug might the nurse anticipate the health care provider to use to treat this patient? - ✔ ✔
Acetylcysteine
A patient who underwent abdominal surgery experiences constipation and severe cramping. Which
nonpharmacological nursing intervention may provide relief to this patient? - ✔ ✔ Helping the
patient walk
Increasing the patient's fluid intake
A patient with rheumatoid arthritis reports acute joint pain in the hand. Which intervention is
inappropriate for providing pain relief? - ✔ ✔ Collaborating with an OT to provide assistive devices
for grooming
A registered nurse is teaching a nursing student about using nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAID) for pain management. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching? -
✔ ✔ "NSAIDS work by depressing the central nervous system"
A registered nurse is teaching a nursing student about various nonpharmacological pain management
interventions. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching? - ✔ ✔ "Guided
imagery provides effective pain relief for a patient who has acute appendicitis"
, During a preoperative assessment, a patient reports a history of a heart attack and use of anticoagulant
medications. Which complication would the nurse look for if epidural anesthesia is administered to the
patient for the surgery? - ✔ ✔ Hematoma
The nurse administers 250 mg of acetaminophen along with 5 mg of hydrocodone to a patient in pain.
Which reason explains why acetaminophen is part of this protocol? - ✔ ✔ To decrease the dose of
opioid required for pain control
The nurse has conducted an informative session on discouraging pseudoaddiction to a group of people
in a community. Which group of patients would be the main target for the nurse's teachings? - ✔ ✔
Patients who repeatedly seek multiple medical opinions for chronic pain relief
The nurse is assessing a patient who has sustained severe injuries in a motor vehicle accident. The
patient is in severe pain and is diaphoretic. On assessment, the patient's heart rate is increased, pupils
are dilated, and blood pressure is decreased. Which finding is caused by the stimulation of the
parasympathetic nervous system? - ✔ ✔ Decrease in blood pressure
The nurse is reviewing the clinical data of four patients who are on pain management therapy. Which
patient is at the highest risk of renal insufficiency? - ✔ ✔ Patient B - ibuprofen
The nurse is teaching a group of nursing students about concepts of pain in infants. Which information
would the nurse include in the teaching? - ✔ ✔ Absorption of drugs is faster than expected.
Preterm neonates have greater sensitivity to pain than older children do.
Assessment of pain involves behavioral cues and physiological indicators.
The nursing instructor asks the student nurse to differentiate between A-delta and C peripheral nerve
fibers. Which statement by the student nurse indicates effective learning? - ✔ ✔ "The A-delta fibers
are myelinated, and the C fibers are unmyelinated"
The registered nurse is teaching a patient about the use of cold therapy in acute pain management.
Which patient statement indicates a need for further teaching? - ✔ ✔ "I will place ice between my
thumb and index finger if I have shoulder pain"
The RN is teaching a nursing student about applying transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)
to a patient. Which statement by the student indicates a need for further teaching? - ✔ ✔ "I should
use TENS on patients who have chronic cancer pain"
"I should apply hair or skin preparations before placing TENS electrodes"
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