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CH 8 Pain Medsurg UNITEK LVN with complete verified solutions 2025
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CH 8 : Pain / Medsurg UNITEKLVN with complete verified
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Pain definition - answer An unpleasant sensory and emotional experience
associated with actual or potential disuse damage.
Pain is whatever the person experiencing it says it is and exists whenever
he/she says it does.
Afferent pathways - answer ascending pathways that transmit sensory
impulses to the brain
Efferent pathways - answer descending pathways that send sensory
impulses from the brain
What are Nociceptors - answer pain receptors
What are endorphins and enkephalins? - answer Natural opioid-like
substances that block transmission of painful impulses to the brain
Factors that pain is influenced by : - answer Individual experiencing it
Cause of pain
Environment
Age
Pain threshold
Pain tolerance
Physical activity & nervous system integrity
Surgery and anesthesia
culture and ethnicity
, Religious beliefs
Past experiences and anxiety
Situational factors
What is pain threshold? - answer Point at which a stimulus causes
sensation of pain
What is pain tolerance? - answer Intensity of pain someone can endure
the ANS & fight/flight response - answer Pain signal is interpreted by the
brain as a stressor. The ANS activates the fight/flight response and certain
psychologic responses are initiated
sympathetic nervous system responses - answer ^ BP
^ Pulse Rate
^ Respiratory Rate
Dilated pupils
Perspiration
Pallor
Parasympathetic Nervous System - answer Constipation
Urinary Retention
Acute pain - answer Acute pain is temporary and it's cause is known and
treatable. It also serves as a warning of tissue damage and subsides when
healing takes place.
Chronic pain - answer Pain that persists or recurs for more than 3-6
months; it may last a lifetime.
Acute pain behavioral responses - answer Pt guards or rubs body part
Wrinkles brow
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