Pain Management Tests Bundle Set

Which of the following signs or symptoms in an opioid-naïve patient is of greatest concern to the nurse when assessing the patient 1 hour after administering an opioid? A. Oxygen saturation of 95% B. Difficulty arousing the patient C. Respiratory rate of 10 breaths/min D. Pain intensity rati...

A client with chronic pain reports to you, the charge nurse, that the nurse have not been responding to requests for pain medication. What is your initial action? A. Check the MARs and nurses' notes for the past several days. B. Ask the nurse educator to give an in-service about pain management...

Pain definition CORRECT ANSWER unpleasant sensation usually associated with diesase or injury. -Causes physical discomfort and is accompanied by suffering. Suffering is? CORRECT ANSWER the emotional component of pain. How is pain defined by McCaffrey CORRECT ANSWER whatever the person SAYS it...

____ 1. A patient suddenly develops right lower-quadrant pain, nausea, vomiting, and rebound tenderness. How should the nurse classify this patients pain? 1) Acute 2) Chronic 3) Intractable 4) Neuropathic CORRECT ANSWER 1 ____ 2. How should the nurse classify pain that a p...

An oriented patient has recently had surgery. Which action is best for the nurse to take to assess this patient's pain? a. Assess the patient's body language. b. Ask the patient to rate the level of pain. c. Observe the cardiac monitor for increased heart rate. d. Have the patient describe th...

Pain is always? CORRECT ANSWER Subjective Severe pain should always bee treated as a? CORRECT ANSWER Medical emergency Acute pain CORRECT ANSWER rapid onset, varies in intensity When cause of pain is resolved, pain goes away Physiological responses to acute pain CORRECT ANSWER SNS increa...

correct answers B Sedation is a concern because it may indicate that the patient is experiencing opioid-related side effects. Advancing sedation may indicate that the patient may progress to respiratory depression. CORRECT ANSWER Which of the following signs or symptoms in an opioid-naive patien...

NURS (FUNDAMENTAL): NCLEX Comfort and Pain Management questions with correct answers

Question: A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature of pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all that apply. a. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is. b. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it...

Pain is _____ (objective/subjective) and is different for each person. CORRECT ANSWER subjective What is pain? CORRECT ANSWER -unpleasant sensory/emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage -it is whatever the person says it is and ...

The length of time that a nurse should leave heat to an injured hip of a patient is no longer than: a. 15 minutes. b. 20 minutes. c. 30 minutes. d. 1 hour CORRECT ANSWER c. 30 minutes. A patient with an extensive abdominal surgical procedure is assessed by the nurse as having predictable pain...

The nurse who is a member of the palliative care team is assessing a patient. The patient indicates that he has been saving his PRN analgesics until the pain is intense because his pain control has been inadequate. What teaching should the nurse do with this patient? A) Medication should be taken w...

The nurse correlates which findings to the pathophysiology of chronic malignant pain? A. Recent trauma B. Rapidly dividing cells C. Direct damage to nerve fibers D. Persistent pain with no known etiology CORRECT ANSWER B. rapidly dividing cells The nurse recognizes that the incidence of pain...

An oriented patient has recently had surgery. Which action is best for the nurse to take to assess this patient's pain? a. Assess the patient's body language. b. Ask the patient to rate the level of pain. c. Observe the cardiac monitor for increased heart rate. d. Have the patient describe t...