Exam 15: Pain and Comfort

Which conditions are likely to cause an older adult chronic pain?

An older man who had a gastric resection states that he wants to ambulate but the osteoarthritis (OA)in his knees causes too much pain.Which intervention should the nurse implement to increase the amount of walking this man can perform?

Which pain sensation is associated with nociceptive pain?

Which type of pain tends to occur persistently along a well-defined path in a region of the body?

The nurse administers an opioid analgesic to an older male postoperative patient in the surgical unit.Which is the most important intervention for the nurse to implement before leaving the patient's room?

An older adult admitted for back surgery asks for opioid pain medication.The nurse knows the patient asks for pain medication 15 minutes before it is due.Which recommendation should the nurse implement?

Which of the following statement(s)is(are)true about pain in older adults?

Each of the following is a nonpharmacological intervention for pain except which one?

An older woman had hip replacement surgery 1 day ago,and the nurse thinks that the woman also has dementia.Which patient assessment does the nurse use to determine whether this woman is experiencing pain?

Which of the following statements is true about analgesic medications for older adults?

The nurse uses comfort measures to enhance an older adult's pharmacological pain management.Which of the following would be most helpful for the nurse to use to identify the relationships between the comfort measures,activity,and pharmacotherapy,and the older adult's pain level?

Compared with acute pain,which of the following statements is true of persistent pain?

The safest opioid analgesic choice for an older patient who has severe acute pain is which of the following?

Which of the following pain sensation(s)is(are)associated with neuropathic pain?

The older adult is at a higher risk for acute psychological pain than a younger adult because older adults:

An older Hispanic man states that he is not having pain,but he had knee replacement surgery 2 days ago.Which is the best pain assessment tool as recommended by the Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing (HIGN)from "Try This" for the nurse to apply for this man?

The nurse admits an older man who had abdominal surgery.Admission vital signs are heart rate (pulse)(P),73 beats per minute (bpm); respiration rate (R),20 breaths per minute; blood pressure (BP),136/84 mm Hg.He is receiving intravenous (IV)fluids but has not requested pain medication since surgery.Seven hours later,his vital signs are P,98 bpm; R,26 breaths per minute; and BP,164/90 mm Hg; and he denies pain.Which intervention should the nurse implement?