Exam 16: Pain, Temperature Regulation, Sleep, and Sensory Function

Based on an understanding of the physiologic process of nociceptors,the nurse expects which surgical procedure to create more pain?

Pricking one's finger with a needle would cause minimal pain,whereas experiencing abdominal surgery would produce more pain.This distinction is an example of which pain theory?

When comparing the effects of acute and chronic pain on an individual,chronic pain is more often:

A heat stroke is characterized by:

When considering the risk factors for the development of phantom limb pain,the nurse recognizes which as a primary contributing factor?

In acute hypothermia,what physiologic change shunts blood away from the colder skin to the body core in an effort to decrease heat loss?

Which spinal tract carries the most nociceptive information?

Enkephalins and endorphins act to relieve pain by which process?

Up to how many liters of fluid per hour may be lost by sweating?

Match the types of chronic pain with its description.Types of pain may be used more than once. -Pain that occurs after peripheral nerve injury and is described as continuous with severe sensations and a burning quality

The gate in the GCT of pain is located in the:

Loud snoring,a decrease in oxygen saturation,fragmented sleep,chronic daytime sleepiness,and fatigue are clinical manifestations of which sleep disorder?

What is the term that denotes the duration of time or the intensity of pain that a person will endure before outwardly responding?

Where in the CNS does a person's learned pain response occur?

Which medication is used to reverse the effects of malignant hyperthermia?

Open-angle glaucoma occurs because of:

It is true that a fever: (Select all that apply.)

Pain that warns of actual or impending tissue injury is referred to as what?

Using a fan to reduce body temperature is an example of which mechanism of heat loss?

The basis of the specificity theory of pain is that: