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What during labor increases the risk of neonate aquiring acute encephalitis? active herpes simplex virus-2 How do you administer meds? starting with the lowest dose and titrating up slowly What is pain is associated with? actual or potential tissue damage When pain stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, what does it result in? - increase in BP - increase in HR - increase in RR Where are catecholamines released from? adrenal medulla Where are steroid hormones (cortisol & aldosterone) released from? adrenal cortex What does unrelieved pain lead to? - increases glucagon production - decreases insulin secretion - depress immune function - can lead to addictive behaviors 8/7/25, 7:58 PM Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Exam 1 Flashcards | Quizlet inflammation, contributes to tissue sweeling, and pain? Prostaglandins What can nerve root injury lead to? allodynia (pain that is associated with non-noxious stimuli) What is needed for renal blood flow? Prostaglandin Pain is? whatever the patient says it is What is the single most reliable indicator of pain? the patient's self-report How do NSAID's preimarily produce pain relief? by preventing prostaglandin formation What does acetaminphen not have? any inflammatory properties What do you manage nociceptive pain with? - local anesthetics - non-opioids - opioids What does 0 on the 0 - 10 numeric pain rating scale indicate? no pain What does the WongBaker FACES pain scale consist of? cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects to report thier pain level What does the visual analog 10cm scale represent? 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? verbal descriptor scale 8/7/25, 7:58 PM Advanced Med-Surg Principles Jersey College Exam 1 Flashcards | Quizlet comprehensive pain assessment consist of? - duration (when it started/lasted) - type (intensity/assoc factors/influencing fators) - location What patients do we avoid the rectal route for med administration? thrombocytopenic What type of effect do topical agents produce? local What type of effect do transdermal agents produce? drug absorption into the systemic circulation What would help reduce complications related to pain for patients? provide a PCA How do we administer around the clock pain relief for post-op and chronic pain? provide analgesics, never wait for chronic pain to reoccur What is provided for mild to moderate pain? aspirin or acetaminaphen What is provided for moderate pain? NSAID's What is provided for severe pain? morphine Why would you wake patients who have chronic pain or who have moderate to severe pain folowing surgery? to administer prescribed analgcsics

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What during labor active herpes simplex virus-2
increases the risk of
neonate aquiring acute
encephalitis?

How do you administer starting with the lowest dose and titrating up slowly
meds?

What is pain is associated actual or potential tissue damage
with?

When pain stimulates the - increase in BP
sympathetic nervous - increase in HR
system, what does it result - increase in RR
in?

Where are catecholamines adrenal medulla
released from?

Where are steroid adrenal cortex
hormones (cortisol &
aldosterone) released
from?

- increases glucagon production
What does unrelieved pain - decreases insulin secretion
lead to? - depress immune function
- can lead to addictive behaviors
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What initiates Prostaglandins
inflammation, contributes
to tissue sweeling, and
pain?

What can nerve root injury allodynia (pain that is associated with non-noxious
lead to? stimuli)

What is needed for renal Prostaglandin
blood flow?

Pain is? whatever the patient says it is

What is the single most the patient's self-report
reliable indicator of pain?

How do NSAID's by preventing prostaglandin formation
preimarily produce pain
relief?

What does acetaminphen any inflammatory properties
not have?

- local anesthetics
What do you manage
- non-opioids
nociceptive pain with?
- opioids

What does 0 on the 0 - 10 no pain
numeric pain rating scale
indicate?

What does the Wong- cartoon faces that the patient (ages 3 and up) selects
Baker FACES pain scale to report thier pain level
consist of?

What does the visual no pain to the worst pain, the patient marks a spot
analog 10cm scale somewhere in between indicating their pain level
represent?

What pain scale helps verbal descriptor scale
indiviuals describe the
intensity of pain?


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