NUR 170 Exam/NUR 170 Exam (Questions and Answers)
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acute pain - ✔✔Sudden, onset, trauma - usually hours to days
chronic pain - ✔✔Persistent long term - usually longer than 3 months
How will a patient with acute pain present? - ✔✔Dilated pupils & sweating
How will chronic pain feel? - ✔✔Dull, burning sensation
What is nociceptive pain? - ✔✔normal pain
Somatic pain - ✔✔Superficial or subcutaneous tissue felt by sharp, burning.
deep somatic pain - ✔✔Pain from bone, muscle, blood vessels, connective tissue
Visceral pain - ✔✔Organs & lining of body cavities felt by deep cramping, splitting, sharp
What is nueropathic pain? - ✔✔Abnormal pain
What medication would you give for abnormal pain? - ✔✔Give Gabapentin
Where does neuropathic pain come from? - ✔✔Nerve fibers, spinal cord, CNS
How does neuropathic pain feel? - ✔✔Shooting, fiery, burning, sharp, numbness
, What is pain relative to? - ✔✔The person & what they say it is
Should you always take a patient's self report? - ✔✔Yes
Is pain apart of getting old? - ✔✔No
How should medication be titrated for older adults? - ✔✔Low & slow
What can Cox 1 inhibitors cause? - ✔✔Upset stomach & worsen ulcers
Which cox inhibitors do not worsen ulcers? - ✔✔Cox 2
Which interventions is first & least invasive? - ✔✔Nonpharmalogic interventions
Does Nonpharmalogic interventions treat mild or moderate pain? - ✔✔Mild
What is the basic principle of pain management? - ✔✔To prevent & control pain
What does a CBC consist of? - ✔✔WBC, Hgb, Hct, Plt, RBC
lab value for hemoglobin - ✔✔12-16 (women)
14-18 (men)
Lab value for hematocrit - ✔✔37-47% (women)
42%-52% (men)
(usually elevated in the burn victim due to fluid loss)
Graded A+ 100 % Success
acute pain - ✔✔Sudden, onset, trauma - usually hours to days
chronic pain - ✔✔Persistent long term - usually longer than 3 months
How will a patient with acute pain present? - ✔✔Dilated pupils & sweating
How will chronic pain feel? - ✔✔Dull, burning sensation
What is nociceptive pain? - ✔✔normal pain
Somatic pain - ✔✔Superficial or subcutaneous tissue felt by sharp, burning.
deep somatic pain - ✔✔Pain from bone, muscle, blood vessels, connective tissue
Visceral pain - ✔✔Organs & lining of body cavities felt by deep cramping, splitting, sharp
What is nueropathic pain? - ✔✔Abnormal pain
What medication would you give for abnormal pain? - ✔✔Give Gabapentin
Where does neuropathic pain come from? - ✔✔Nerve fibers, spinal cord, CNS
How does neuropathic pain feel? - ✔✔Shooting, fiery, burning, sharp, numbness
, What is pain relative to? - ✔✔The person & what they say it is
Should you always take a patient's self report? - ✔✔Yes
Is pain apart of getting old? - ✔✔No
How should medication be titrated for older adults? - ✔✔Low & slow
What can Cox 1 inhibitors cause? - ✔✔Upset stomach & worsen ulcers
Which cox inhibitors do not worsen ulcers? - ✔✔Cox 2
Which interventions is first & least invasive? - ✔✔Nonpharmalogic interventions
Does Nonpharmalogic interventions treat mild or moderate pain? - ✔✔Mild
What is the basic principle of pain management? - ✔✔To prevent & control pain
What does a CBC consist of? - ✔✔WBC, Hgb, Hct, Plt, RBC
lab value for hemoglobin - ✔✔12-16 (women)
14-18 (men)
Lab value for hematocrit - ✔✔37-47% (women)
42%-52% (men)
(usually elevated in the burn victim due to fluid loss)
