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Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Exam 1; Questions & Answers What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute encephalitis? Answer-active herpes simplex virus-2 How do you administer meds? Answer-starting with the lowest dose and titrating up slowly What is pain i...

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Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College
Exam 1; Questions & Answers
What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute encephalitis?
Answer-active herpes simplex virus-2



How do you administer meds? Answer-starting with the lowest dose and
titrating up slowly



What is pain is associated with? Answer-actual or potential tissue damage



When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it result in?
Answer-- increase in BP

- increase in HR

- increase in RR



Where are catecholamines released from? Answer-adrenal medulla



Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from?
Answer-adrenal cortex

, Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College
Exam 1; Questions & Answers
What does unrelieved pain lead to? Answer-- increases glucagon
production

- decreases insulin secretion

- depress immune function

- can lead to addictive behaviors



What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain?
Answer-Prostaglandins



What can nerve root injury lead to? Answer-allodynia (pain that is
associated with non-noxious stimuli)



What is needed for renal blood flow? Answer-Prostaglandin



Pain is? Answer-whatever the patient says it is



What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? Answer-the patient's
self-report

, Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College
Exam 1; Questions & Answers


How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? Answer-by preventing
prostaglandin formation



What does acetaminphen not have? Answer-any inflammatory properties



What do you manage nociceptive pain with? Answer-- local anesthetics

- non-opioids

- opioids



What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? Answer-no
pain



What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? Answer-cartoon
faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to report thier pain level



What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? Answer-no pain to the
worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in between indicating their
pain level

, Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College
Exam 1; Questions & Answers


What pain scale helps indiviuals describe the intensity of pain? Answer-
verbal descriptor scale



What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? Answer--
duration (when it started/lasted)

- type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)

- location



What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration?
Answer-thrombocytopenic



What type of effect do topical agents produce? Answer-local



What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? Answer-drug
absorption into the systemic circulation



What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients?
Answer-provide a PCA

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