NUR. / 144-Module. / A
1. pain:./unpleasant./sensory./and./emotional./experience./associated./with./actual./or./potential./tissue./damage
-SUBJECTIVE
2. pain./ threshold:./ -The./minimum./intensity./of./a./stimulus./that./is./perceived./as./painful
3. pain./tolerance:./-the./amount./of./pain./a./person./can./endure./without./it./interfering./with./normal./function
4. acute./ pain:./ -sudden./onset
-usually./subsides./once./treated./or./healed
5. chronic. / pain:. / -persistent./of./recurring./pain
-lasts./3./to./6./months
-often./diflcult./to./treat
-develop./a./tolerance./to./the./pain
-become./physically./dependent./on./it
-remission./and./exacerbation
-malignant
6. referred. / pain:. / pain./perceived./in./an./area./distant./from./its./origin
7. A./patient./with./bone./cancer./tells./the./nurse./that./he./is./in./pain../The./nurse./knows./th
at./bone./pain./is./classified./as./which./type./of./pain?
A) somatic./pain
B) referred./pain
C) visceral. / pain
D) neuropathic. / pain:. / A)
8. opioids:./ any./derivative./of./the./opium./plant./or./synthetic./drug./that./imitates./natural./narcotics
9. agonist:. / binds./to./the./receptor./and./causes./a./response
-produce./analgesia,./sedation,./and./a./sense./of./well-being
-ex:./opioid./itself
10. agonist-
antagonist:./react./with./some./opioid./receptor./sites./to./stimulate./activity./while./blocking./other./opioid./re
ceptor./sites
-less./analgesic./response
-often./used./for./detoxification
-ex:./mixture./of./narcotic./and./narcan
11. Antagonist:. / block./receptors
-used./to./treat./narcotic./overdose./or./to./reverse./adverse./ettects
./ .
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, NUR. / 144-Module. / A
-ex:./narcan
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1. pain:./unpleasant./sensory./and./emotional./experience./associated./with./actual./or./potential./tissue./damage
-SUBJECTIVE
2. pain./ threshold:./ -The./minimum./intensity./of./a./stimulus./that./is./perceived./as./painful
3. pain./tolerance:./-the./amount./of./pain./a./person./can./endure./without./it./interfering./with./normal./function
4. acute./ pain:./ -sudden./onset
-usually./subsides./once./treated./or./healed
5. chronic. / pain:. / -persistent./of./recurring./pain
-lasts./3./to./6./months
-often./diflcult./to./treat
-develop./a./tolerance./to./the./pain
-become./physically./dependent./on./it
-remission./and./exacerbation
-malignant
6. referred. / pain:. / pain./perceived./in./an./area./distant./from./its./origin
7. A./patient./with./bone./cancer./tells./the./nurse./that./he./is./in./pain../The./nurse./knows./th
at./bone./pain./is./classified./as./which./type./of./pain?
A) somatic./pain
B) referred./pain
C) visceral. / pain
D) neuropathic. / pain:. / A)
8. opioids:./ any./derivative./of./the./opium./plant./or./synthetic./drug./that./imitates./natural./narcotics
9. agonist:. / binds./to./the./receptor./and./causes./a./response
-produce./analgesia,./sedation,./and./a./sense./of./well-being
-ex:./opioid./itself
10. agonist-
antagonist:./react./with./some./opioid./receptor./sites./to./stimulate./activity./while./blocking./other./opioid./re
ceptor./sites
-less./analgesic./response
-often./used./for./detoxification
-ex:./mixture./of./narcotic./and./narcan
11. Antagonist:. / block./receptors
-used./to./treat./narcotic./overdose./or./to./reverse./adverse./ettects
./ .
/
, NUR. / 144-Module. / A
-ex:./narcan
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