Adult Health Exam 5
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1. What do you assess with pain? location, quality, degree, timing, setting,
manifestations, relieving factors
2. What is the most accurate assessment for the patients perception
pain?
3. What is the difference between acute pain acute: rapid onset and goes away
vs. chronic pain? (headache, burns, etc.)
chronic: progressive pain longer than 6
months (arthritis, nerve damage, etc.)
4. what are nonverbal sympathetic response increased systolic pressure, heart rate, rr,
cues for pain? alertness, dilated pupils
5. what are nonverbal behavioral cues for withdrawal from painful stimuli, moan-
pain? ing, facial grimacing, crying, agitation,
guarding
6. what are nonverbal affective cues for pain? anxiety, depression, fear, exhaustion,
hopeless, irritable
7. what things affect how pain is perceived? age, fatigue, genetics, cognitive function,
prior experience, anxiety, support, cul-
ture
8. what are the risk factors for undertreatment cultures, lack of knowledge, fear of ad-
of pain? diction/resp depression
9. who is at risk for under treatment for pain? infants, children, older adults, clients
with substance use disorder
10. what are complications pain can cause?
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sleep loss, irritability, cognitive/func-
tional impairment, immobility, shallow
breathing
11. What are nonpharmacological ways to treat positioning, immobilization, heat/cold,
pain? massage, acupressure/puncture, yoga,
chiropractic
12. how long after do you reassess pain after 10-60 minutes
interventions?
13. what precautions are there when giving ac- don't exceed 4000 mg/day, monitor liver
etaminophen for pain? function
14. what precautions are there when giving GI effects, monitor kidney function,
NSAIDs to treat pain? ototoxicity
15. What is aspirin good for other than pain? stroke and MI risk reduction, blood thin-
ner
16. what are some opioids used for pain? codeine, morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone,
etc.
17. what are opioids better for? visceral pain not neural
18. what are complications that opioids can resp depression, constipation, N&V,
cause? drowsiness
19. what are instructions for a PCA? only the patient can push button, must
be alert
20. what do you monitor for when a patient is assess qhr pain level, RR, sedation level
has a PCA? (if 4 or higher stimulation patient and
notify physician)
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1. What do you assess with pain? location, quality, degree, timing, setting,
manifestations, relieving factors
2. What is the most accurate assessment for the patients perception
pain?
3. What is the difference between acute pain acute: rapid onset and goes away
vs. chronic pain? (headache, burns, etc.)
chronic: progressive pain longer than 6
months (arthritis, nerve damage, etc.)
4. what are nonverbal sympathetic response increased systolic pressure, heart rate, rr,
cues for pain? alertness, dilated pupils
5. what are nonverbal behavioral cues for withdrawal from painful stimuli, moan-
pain? ing, facial grimacing, crying, agitation,
guarding
6. what are nonverbal affective cues for pain? anxiety, depression, fear, exhaustion,
hopeless, irritable
7. what things affect how pain is perceived? age, fatigue, genetics, cognitive function,
prior experience, anxiety, support, cul-
ture
8. what are the risk factors for undertreatment cultures, lack of knowledge, fear of ad-
of pain? diction/resp depression
9. who is at risk for under treatment for pain? infants, children, older adults, clients
with substance use disorder
10. what are complications pain can cause?
, Adult Health Exam 5
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sleep loss, irritability, cognitive/func-
tional impairment, immobility, shallow
breathing
11. What are nonpharmacological ways to treat positioning, immobilization, heat/cold,
pain? massage, acupressure/puncture, yoga,
chiropractic
12. how long after do you reassess pain after 10-60 minutes
interventions?
13. what precautions are there when giving ac- don't exceed 4000 mg/day, monitor liver
etaminophen for pain? function
14. what precautions are there when giving GI effects, monitor kidney function,
NSAIDs to treat pain? ototoxicity
15. What is aspirin good for other than pain? stroke and MI risk reduction, blood thin-
ner
16. what are some opioids used for pain? codeine, morphine, fentanyl, oxycodone,
etc.
17. what are opioids better for? visceral pain not neural
18. what are complications that opioids can resp depression, constipation, N&V,
cause? drowsiness
19. what are instructions for a PCA? only the patient can push button, must
be alert
20. what do you monitor for when a patient is assess qhr pain level, RR, sedation level
has a PCA? (if 4 or higher stimulation patient and
notify physician)
