Exam 31: Pain Comfort and Sleep

A nurse is assessing the status of a patient who is sleeping. Which assessment data indicate that the patient is most likely in stage 3 of non-rapid eye movement (NREM) sleep?

The suggestion by the nurse which is most helpful to a patient who complains of chronically not feeling rested after sleep would be:

A nurse is preparing a patient for home care following cancer treatment. He is discussing the use of the fentanyl patch. Which of the following would be the most important instruction regarding safety?

A patient experiencing pain states that guided imagery has made the pain more manageable in the past. To assist this patient, the nurse should:

A nurse caring for a patient with a Fentanyl patch assesses that the patient is abnormally sleepy, is slurring words and is unsteady when ambulating. The nurse should:

___________ is considered to be the fifth vital sign.

The most helpful intervention by the nurse for a hospitalized child who is having difficulty falling asleep would be to:

The nurse outlines the four phases of nociceptive pain as: (Select all that apply.)

The nurse attempts to help an 86-year-old patient describe his pain because the nurse is aware the older adult may not express pain because they: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse evaluating the effectiveness of an Aquathermia K pad for the leg is aware that the patient who has the least risk for burn injury from this device would be the patient with:

A patient is beginning treatment for pain with a transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator (TENS) unit. The nurse will initially:

The nurse is aware that the new order for indomethacin (Indocin) involves the administration of a(n):

A sleeping patient has periodic pauses in breathing, then starts to breathe again. The nurse recognizes this sleep pattern is consistent with:

The _______________ is based on the premise that by stimulating large diameter nerve fibers pain is diminished or totally controlled.

The nurse performing a focused assessment on pain will assess: (Select all that apply.)

A nurse explains that endorphins are capable of reducing pain:

Travelers can combat "jet lag" by exposure to _______ for several hours.

A type of pain that is of short duration, lasting from a few hours to a few days, is known as _________ pain.

A pain scale FLACC is used in assessing pain in________.

The nurse appreciates the principal advantage in using patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is that it: