Pain
This theory states that rubbing an injured area reduces pain
What is Gate-control theory?
An assessment question to assess timing in relation to pain.
How often does it occur? When did it start?
Examples of nonopioid analgesics.
What are acetaminophen and NSAIDS?
Give an example of justice.
Prioritizing specific patients over the needs of others.
This/these are included in intentional tort. (I will accept 1 or both).
What are assault and battery?
These are modifiable risk factors that contribute to pain.
What are weight, diet, active/sedentary lifestyle, etc.? (Etc because I don't want to type them all)
An assessment question to assess the quality of the pain.
What does the pain feel like?
Max dose of acetaminophen in 24 hours for a nonalcoholic or cirrhosis patient. An extra 100 points for max dose for alcoholics and cirrhosis patients.
4,000 mg / 2,000 mg
Give the definition and give an example of responsibility.
What is the willingness to respect ones professional obligations and follow through? Examples: follow policies and procedures to provide safe and competent care, delegate appropriate tasks to appropriate personnel, and report errors.
This/these are included in quasi-intentional torts.
What are defemination of character, slander, and libel?
A patient presents to the emergency department with sharp, stabbing abdominal pain. The patient states it started 2 hours ago. This patient is experiencing what type of pain?
What is acute pain?
An assessment question to assess the severity of the pain?
Can you rate your pain on a scale of 1-10 with 10 being the highest pain level? Can you point to a face that describes your pain? What is the FLACC scale?
Side effects of opioids.
What are constipation, nausea and vomiting, respiratory depression? Extended list on Box 44.13
In regards to approaches to ethics, explain the difference between ethics of care and deontology and utilitarianism.
What is ethics of care emphasizes the role of the decision maker and the decision maker is detached from the situation in D&U?
HIPAA description.
What is to protect patients right for privacy and confidentiality?
This pain has no identifiable cause.
What is idiopathic pain?
Nonpharmacological pain-relief interventions.
What are relaxation, distraction, music, and herbs?
Examples of adjuvant analgesics.
What are antidepressants, anticonvulsants, and coricosteriods?
When dealing with 2 opposing options in an ethical dilemma, but ethically justified, this process helps identify more options.
What is the nursing process?
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act description.
What is to provide rights, protection and affordable care for all individuals?
This describes the relationship between pain and fear and anxiety.
Anxiety and fear increase the perception of pain and pain causes fear and anxiety.
Possible causes of cancer pain.
What are tumor location or referred pain, surgeries or procedures, radiation, chemo, and infection?
Provide 2 patient education for a PCA.
What are the button lights up when the next dose is available and only the patient push the button?
This is accountability.
Criteria for informed consent. List 5
18 y.o. or older, A&Ox4, receives procedure explanation, receives names and qualifications of people performing and assisting, receives info of serious harm-including death- that may occur, receives alternative options, knows that he/she has the right to refuse