RNSG 1430 Exam 1 – Comfort || with Complete Solutions.

Define pain correct answers Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does. Define pain correct answers Unpleasant sensory and emptional experience associated with actual or potential tosshe damage. Define comfort correct answers State of physical ease Acute pain correct answers Short term/Opiods used for relief/ vitals sometimes help Chronic pain correct answers 3 months+ pain duration/ vitals DO NOT identify pain/ treated with NON opiods When should medication be administered? correct answers Relative to patient needs & caregiver orders How is a patients pain affected by culture? correct answers Awareness to correctly assess pain and interventions How is a patients pain affected by spirituality? correct answers Patient may be more accepting and tolerant of pain gained through spiritual strength How is a patients pain affected by development? correct answers Influences how pain is interpreted and the ability to communicate pain How is a patients pain affected by tissue integrity? correct answers Nociceptive pain. Acute pain associated with tissue damage How is a patients pain affected by mobility? correct answers Severe pain can immobilize patient. Unrelieved pain effects muscoskeleton system ie; impaired muscle, skeletal, or joint function How is a patients pain affected by functional ability? correct answers Patients ability to ambulate and partake in physical therapy activities, prolong recovery, associated with higher complications ie; long term disability How is a patients pain affected by sleep disturbances? correct answers Contribute to increased pain perception & reduces ability to cope How is a patients pain affected by fatigue? correct answers Further impair mobility and functional ability How is a patients pain affected by mood and affect? correct answers More likely to rate their general health as poor, have suicidal thoughts, increased morality Primary intervention to pain correct answers Educate Secondary intervention to pain correct answers Identify/assess/diagnose