Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute
encephalitis? - correct answer ✅active herpes simplex virus-2
How do you administer meds? - correct answer ✅starting with the
lowest dose and titrating up slowly
What is pain is associated with? - correct answer ✅actual or potential
tissue damage
When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it
result in? - correct answer ✅- increase in BP
- increase in HR
- increase in RR
Where are catecholamines released from? - correct answer ✅adrenal
medulla
Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? -
correct answer ✅adrenal cortex
What does unrelieved pain lead to? - correct answer ✅- increases
glucagon production
- decreases insulin secretion
,Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
- depress immune function
- can lead to addictive behaviors
What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain? -
correct answer ✅Prostaglandins
What can nerve root injury lead to? - correct answer ✅allodynia (pain
that is associated with non-noxious stimuli)
What is needed for renal blood flow? - correct answer ✅Prostaglandin
Pain is? - correct answer ✅whatever the patient says it is
What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? - correct answer
✅the patient's self-report
How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? - correct answer ✅by
preventing prostaglandin formation
What does acetaminphen not have? - correct answer ✅any
inflammatory properties
,Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - correct answer ✅- local
anesthetics
- non-opioids
- opioids
What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? - correct
answer ✅no pain
What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? - correct
answer ✅cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to
report thier pain level
What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? - correct answer
✅no pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in
between indicating their pain level
What pain scale helps indiviuals describe the intensity of pain? - correct
answer ✅verbal descriptor scale
What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - correct
answer ✅- duration (when it started/lasted)
- type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)
- location
, Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration? -
correct answer ✅thrombocytopenic
What type of effect do topical agents produce? - correct answer ✅local
What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? - correct answer
✅drug absorption into the systemic circulation
What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients? -
correct answer ✅provide a PCA
How do we administer around the clock pain relief for post-op and
chronic pain? - correct answer ✅provide analgesics, never wait for
chronic pain to reoccur
What is provided for mild to moderate pain? - correct answer ✅aspirin
or acetaminaphen
What is provided for moderate pain? - correct answer ✅NSAID's
What is provided for severe pain? - correct answer ✅morphine
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute
encephalitis? - correct answer ✅active herpes simplex virus-2
How do you administer meds? - correct answer ✅starting with the
lowest dose and titrating up slowly
What is pain is associated with? - correct answer ✅actual or potential
tissue damage
When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it
result in? - correct answer ✅- increase in BP
- increase in HR
- increase in RR
Where are catecholamines released from? - correct answer ✅adrenal
medulla
Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? -
correct answer ✅adrenal cortex
What does unrelieved pain lead to? - correct answer ✅- increases
glucagon production
- decreases insulin secretion
,Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
- depress immune function
- can lead to addictive behaviors
What initiates inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain? -
correct answer ✅Prostaglandins
What can nerve root injury lead to? - correct answer ✅allodynia (pain
that is associated with non-noxious stimuli)
What is needed for renal blood flow? - correct answer ✅Prostaglandin
Pain is? - correct answer ✅whatever the patient says it is
What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? - correct answer
✅the patient's self-report
How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? - correct answer ✅by
preventing prostaglandin formation
What does acetaminphen not have? - correct answer ✅any
inflammatory properties
,Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - correct answer ✅- local
anesthetics
- non-opioids
- opioids
What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? - correct
answer ✅no pain
What does the Wong-Baker FACES pain scale consist of? - correct
answer ✅cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to
report thier pain level
What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? - correct answer
✅no pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot somewhere in
between indicating their pain level
What pain scale helps indiviuals describe the intensity of pain? - correct
answer ✅verbal descriptor scale
What does a comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - correct
answer ✅- duration (when it started/lasted)
- type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators)
- location
, Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey
College Exam 1 Questions And Answers
What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration? -
correct answer ✅thrombocytopenic
What type of effect do topical agents produce? - correct answer ✅local
What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? - correct answer
✅drug absorption into the systemic circulation
What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients? -
correct answer ✅provide a PCA
How do we administer around the clock pain relief for post-op and
chronic pain? - correct answer ✅provide analgesics, never wait for
chronic pain to reoccur
What is provided for mild to moderate pain? - correct answer ✅aspirin
or acetaminaphen
What is provided for moderate pain? - correct answer ✅NSAID's
What is provided for severe pain? - correct answer ✅morphine
