Exam 2: NR226 / NR 226 (Latest
Update ) Fundamentals:
Patient Care | Questions and
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct –
Chamberlain
Question:
Behavioral responses for pain
Answer:
-Clenching the teeth, facial grimacing, holding or guarding the painful part,
and bent posture are common indications of acute pain
- Chronic pain affects a patient's activity
- Lack of pain expression does not indicate that a patient is not experiencing
pain
,Question:
What are physiological factors that influence pain?
Answer:
- Age
- Fatigue
- Genetics
- Neurological function
- Change in vital signs
Question:
What social factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Previous experience with pain
- Family/ support group
- Spiritual beliefs
- Risk for isolation
,Question:
What psychological factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Attention given to the pain
- Anxiety and fear
- Coping or ability to deal with pain
Question:
What cultural factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Spiritual beliefs
- Culture impacts pain perception, adaptation and expression
, Question:
Acute Pain
Answer:
- Protective, temporary and usually self limiting
- Increase in vital signs in response to stress and increase cortisol levels.
Increase in blood pressure
- Diaphoretic, nausea vomiting
- Sleep deprivation
- Guarding, flinching, moaning, grimacing
- Can lead to chronic pain if not relieved
Question:
Chronic Pain
Answer:
- Not protective, ongoing occurs frequently 3-6 months
- Vital signs remain the same
- Mental and physical fatigue
- insomnia
- Depression
- Decreased level of functioning
Update ) Fundamentals:
Patient Care | Questions and
Answers | Grade A | 100% Correct –
Chamberlain
Question:
Behavioral responses for pain
Answer:
-Clenching the teeth, facial grimacing, holding or guarding the painful part,
and bent posture are common indications of acute pain
- Chronic pain affects a patient's activity
- Lack of pain expression does not indicate that a patient is not experiencing
pain
,Question:
What are physiological factors that influence pain?
Answer:
- Age
- Fatigue
- Genetics
- Neurological function
- Change in vital signs
Question:
What social factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Previous experience with pain
- Family/ support group
- Spiritual beliefs
- Risk for isolation
,Question:
What psychological factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Attention given to the pain
- Anxiety and fear
- Coping or ability to deal with pain
Question:
What cultural factors influence pain?
Answer:
- Spiritual beliefs
- Culture impacts pain perception, adaptation and expression
, Question:
Acute Pain
Answer:
- Protective, temporary and usually self limiting
- Increase in vital signs in response to stress and increase cortisol levels.
Increase in blood pressure
- Diaphoretic, nausea vomiting
- Sleep deprivation
- Guarding, flinching, moaning, grimacing
- Can lead to chronic pain if not relieved
Question:
Chronic Pain
Answer:
- Not protective, ongoing occurs frequently 3-6 months
- Vital signs remain the same
- Mental and physical fatigue
- insomnia
- Depression
- Decreased level of functioning
