CH. 44 - PAIN MANAGEMENT - NURS
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responsible for managing pain and relieving suffering. - correct answer
✔nursing role legally & ethically
(good convos and communications w/ your patient) should be delivered -
correct answer ✔pt centered care
be an advocate for - correct answer ✔pts
nurse role in pain management -> - correct answer ✔compassion (be a good
listener)
respect
remember it is not the responsibility of the patient to prove they are in pain; it
is - correct answer ✔nurse's responsibility to assess a patient's condition and
accept his or her subjective report.
cellular damage caused by thermal, mechanical, chemical stimuli results in
release of - correct answer ✔excitatory neurotransmitters such as
prostaglandins, bradykinin, substance P and histamine.
every disease process goes back to - correct answer ✔inflammation
increase in sugar affect the body how when there's an infection? - correct
answer ✔more inflammation
, pain impulses travel up the spinal cord by way of the - correct answer
✔spino-thalamic tract
after pain impulses travel up spinal cord by way of spino-thalamic tract, the
thalamus transmit info to - correct answer ✔higher centers of brain - reticular
formation, limbic system, somatosensory cortex, associated cortex
what type of drugs acts on the higher level of the cerebral cortex? - correct
answer ✔opioids/narcotics
when painful stimulus reaches the cortex, the brain interprets the quality of the
pain based on - correct answer ✔•past experiences, knowledge and cultural
associations in the perception of pain.
what ? = reaction - correct answer ✔physiological + behavioral
patients do not always have a change in their VS, but they may have elevation
in HR and BP, especially in - correct answer ✔acute pain
reaction plays a big part in how one interprets painful situations. - correct
answer ✔perception
cultural factors - correct answer ✔meaning of pain, ethnicity
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