HESI PN COMPREHENSIVE PREDICTOR EXAM. Guaranted A+

1. The nurse is caring for a patient to ease modifiable factors that contribute to pain. Which areas did the nurse focus on with this patient? a. Age and gender b. Anxiety and fear c. Culture and ethnicity d. Previous pain experiences and cognitive abilities ANS: B Some examples of modifiable contributors to pain are anxiety and fear. The nurse can take measures to ease the patient’s anxiety and fear related to pain. Age, gender, culture, ethnicity, cognitive abilities, and previous pain experience are all nonmodifiable factors that the nurse can help the patient to understand, but the nurse cannot alter them. 2. The nurse is evaluating the effectiveness of guided imagery for pain management as used for a patient who has second- and thirddegree burns and needs extensive dressing changes. Which finding best indicates the effectiveness of guided imagery? a. The patient’s facial expressions are stoic during the procedure. The patient rates pain during the dressing change as a 6 on a scale of 0 b. to 10. The patient’s need for analgesic medication decreases during the c. dressing changes. The patient asks for pain medication during the dressing changes only d. once throughout the procedure.