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NUR 120 - Exam Questions and Answers4 processes of nociception - Answer-transduction, transmission, perception, modulation
The process of nociception in which noxious stimuli creates enough energy for impulse -
Answer-Transduction
Neuronal signal moves from periphery to spinal cord and up to the brain - Answer-
Transmission
The stage of nociception in which Impulses are identified as being painful - Answer-
Perception
The stage of nociception in which inhibitory and facilitating input from the brain
influences the sensory transmission at the level of the spinal cord - Answer-Modulation
Most widely accepted current pain theory - Answer-Gate control theory
Results from tissue damage - Answer-Acute pain
People tend to go to the ED for - Answer-acute pain
People tend to go to the PCP for - Answer-chronic pain
pain that lasts longer than 6 months - Answer-chronic pain
This type of pain has no known coause - Answer-chronic
Pain is a normal consequence of aging - Answer-False
Beers list - Answer-identifies drugs with a high likelihood of causing adverse effects in
older adults
This type of pain is characterized by a more constant stimulus - Answer-Neuropathic
pain
Shingles pain is an example of - Answer-neuropathic pain
Reasons why the elderly population is more prone to pain - Answer-Undertreatment by
patient or provider, impaired cognition, pharmacologic considerations (impaired
liver/kidney function)
Pneumonic Device for Assessment - Answer-Onset
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