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is the most effective medication schedule that can be implemented today? Chapter 10 Nursing Care of Patients in Pain 43 6. The next morning you decide to minister Tylenol 3 (acetaminophen 300 mg with codeine 30 mg) for Ms. Murphy's pain, but it is not effective. Why do you think it did not help? 4 What side effects will you watch for? 7. What noodrug therapies might be appropriate for Ms. Murphy? What technique has already been effective for her? __ 5. How will you know if the medication has been effective? REVIEW QUESTIONS-CONTENT REVIEW Choose the best newer unless directed otherwise. L. Which of the following definitions of pain is most to use when planning nursing care? knife-like sensation along a nerve pathway 2. Burning sensation that accompanies severe injury 4. Which of the following is the most accurate way to assess the severity of a patient's pain? 1. Observe for moaning or other physical signs. 2. Watch for elevated blood pressure and pulse. 3. Have the patient rate pain on a standard pain scale. 4. Monitor the frequency with which the patient requests pain medication 1. Injured tissues responding with release of neuro- transmitters that cause a sensation of pressure or discomfort 4. Whatever the experiencing person says it is occurring whenever the person experiencing it 2. Which of the following terms describes a feeling of hreat to coe's self-image or life that may accompany paint 1. Pear 2 Antity 5. Which of the following statements best explains why a patient can be laughing and talking and yet still be in pain? 1. Most patients try to deny their pain because pain is socially unacceptable 2. Distraction can help relieve pain when used in combination with analgesics. 3. Most patients who are laughing and talking are not in pain. 4. Laughing prolongs the effects of opioids in the body. Panic 1. Which of the following is a common side effect of 1. Constipation 2. Respiratory depression Tachycardia Miction

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③ which of the following definition of pain is most appropriate to use when planning nursing care. Ans: 4. Whatever the experiencing person says it is, ouuring whenever the person experiencing it says it does 2 which of the following terms describes a feeling of threat to one's self-image or life that may accompany pain ? Ans: 4. Panic is a common side effect of 3 which of the following opioid administration Ans: 1. constipation 9 which of the following is the most accurate way to assess the severity of patient's pain? Ans: 3. have the patient rate pain on a standard pain scale & which of the following statements best explains why a patient can be laughing and talking and yet still be in pain ! Ans: 2. Distraction can help relieve pain when used - in combination with analgesics.