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NU 214-1 Medication Classifications: Analgesics Mason
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Analgesics are commonly called..
Ans: "Pain killers"
Analgesics are medications that relieve pain without...
Ans: Causing a loss of consciousness
Name some sub-classes of Analgesics.
Ans: -Opioid Analgesics. (Narcotics)
-Non-Opioid Analgesics
-NSAIDS
-Salicylates
Pain is whatever...
Ans: The patient says it is (typically on a 1-10 scale)
*subjective
Pain is a _____________ and _____________ experience.
Ans: Personal; individual
*unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences associated with actual or no
tissue damage
Name some ways pain can be classified by duration?
Ans: -Acute
-Chronic
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What is acute pain?
Ans: Sudden onset; usually subsides once treated
*may be treated with meds or alternatives like ice or heat
What is chronic pain?
Ans: Persistent or reoccurring pain lasting 3-6+ months; often difficult to
treat because it's reoccurring
*may use medicinal or non-medicinal
Name some ways pain can be classified by location?
Ans: -Somatic
-Visceral
-Superficial
-Referred
-Neuropathic
-Phantom
What somatic pain?
Ans: Pain that is with a musculo-skeletal issue (muscle and bones)
What is Visceral pain?
Ans: Pain in the organs (stomach, epigastric, kidney stones, etc.)
What is Superficial pain?
Ans: Pain on the skin or mucous membranes (cuts, bruises, often visible)
What is referred pain?
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Ans: Pain that's causing issues/pain in another unaffected area (like a kidney
infection causing shoulder pain)
What is neuropathic pain?
Ans: Pain that results from the disturbance of function or pathologic change
in a nerve (often in diabetics; diabetic neuropathy)
What is phantom pain?
Ans: When an extremity has been removed, surgically or traumatically, and
the pt "feels" pain in it when it's not there
What is the difference between pain threshold and pain tolerance?
Ans: *Pain Threshold:* the level of stimulus needed to produce the
perception of pain; physiologic (physical) response
*Pain Tolerance:* The amount of pain a person can endure *without* it
interfering with normal function; physiological & subjective
*Pain tolerances vary person-to-person; attitude, environmental, cultural
effects and more can affect it, it can even be a learned characteristic
When speaking of pain transmission, what is the most commonly accepted
theory regarding how it happens?
Ans: The Gate theory
What is the Gate Theory?
Ans: The Gate Theory uses the analogy of a gate to describe how the
impulses from damaged tissue are sensed in the brain
Pain Transmission: Gate Theory
What must happen first to initiate the Gate Theory?
Ans: Tissue Damage
Approved By:
vPretest - Stuvia US
NU 214-1 Medication Classifications: Analgesics Mason
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers (100% Correct
Answers) /Already Graded A+
Analgesics are commonly called..
Ans: "Pain killers"
Analgesics are medications that relieve pain without...
Ans: Causing a loss of consciousness
Name some sub-classes of Analgesics.
Ans: -Opioid Analgesics. (Narcotics)
-Non-Opioid Analgesics
-NSAIDS
-Salicylates
Pain is whatever...
Ans: The patient says it is (typically on a 1-10 scale)
*subjective
Pain is a _____________ and _____________ experience.
Ans: Personal; individual
*unpleasant sensory and emotional experiences associated with actual or no
tissue damage
Name some ways pain can be classified by duration?
Ans: -Acute
-Chronic
Approved By:
vPretest - Stuvia US
,2
What is acute pain?
Ans: Sudden onset; usually subsides once treated
*may be treated with meds or alternatives like ice or heat
What is chronic pain?
Ans: Persistent or reoccurring pain lasting 3-6+ months; often difficult to
treat because it's reoccurring
*may use medicinal or non-medicinal
Name some ways pain can be classified by location?
Ans: -Somatic
-Visceral
-Superficial
-Referred
-Neuropathic
-Phantom
What somatic pain?
Ans: Pain that is with a musculo-skeletal issue (muscle and bones)
What is Visceral pain?
Ans: Pain in the organs (stomach, epigastric, kidney stones, etc.)
What is Superficial pain?
Ans: Pain on the skin or mucous membranes (cuts, bruises, often visible)
What is referred pain?
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vPretest - Stuvia US
, 3
Ans: Pain that's causing issues/pain in another unaffected area (like a kidney
infection causing shoulder pain)
What is neuropathic pain?
Ans: Pain that results from the disturbance of function or pathologic change
in a nerve (often in diabetics; diabetic neuropathy)
What is phantom pain?
Ans: When an extremity has been removed, surgically or traumatically, and
the pt "feels" pain in it when it's not there
What is the difference between pain threshold and pain tolerance?
Ans: *Pain Threshold:* the level of stimulus needed to produce the
perception of pain; physiologic (physical) response
*Pain Tolerance:* The amount of pain a person can endure *without* it
interfering with normal function; physiological & subjective
*Pain tolerances vary person-to-person; attitude, environmental, cultural
effects and more can affect it, it can even be a learned characteristic
When speaking of pain transmission, what is the most commonly accepted
theory regarding how it happens?
Ans: The Gate theory
What is the Gate Theory?
Ans: The Gate Theory uses the analogy of a gate to describe how the
impulses from damaged tissue are sensed in the brain
Pain Transmission: Gate Theory
What must happen first to initiate the Gate Theory?
Ans: Tissue Damage
Approved By:
vPretest - Stuvia US
