Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Exam 1 Questions With Solutions All Verified

Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Exam 1 Questions With Solutions All Verified What during labor increases the risk of neonates acquiring acute encephalitis? - ANS active herpes simplex virus-2 How do you administer meds? - ANS starting with the lowest dose and titrating up slowly What is pain associated with? - ANS actual or potential tissue damage When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it result in? - ANS - increase in BP - increase in HR - increase in RR Where are catecholamines released from? - ANS adrenal medulla Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? - ANS adrenal cortex What does unrelieved pain lead to? - ANS - increases glucagon production - decreases insulin secretion - depress immune function - can lead to addictive behaviors What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue swelling, and pain? - ANS Prostaglandins What can nerve root injury lead to? - ANS allodynia (pain that is associated with non-noxious stimuli) What is needed for renal blood flow? - ANS Prostaglandin Pain is? - ANS whatever the patient says it is What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? - ANS the patient's self-report How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? - ANS by preventing prostaglandin formation What does acetaminphen not have? - ANS any inflammatory properties What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - ANS - local anesthetics - non-opioids - opioids What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? - ANS no pain What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? - ANS cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to report thier pain level What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? - ANS no pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in between indicating their pain level What pain scale helps individuals describe the intensity of pain? - ANS verbal descriptor scale What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - ANS - duration (when it started/lasted) - type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)