PRIORITIZATION
NURSING PROCESS/PAIN
MEDICATION
UNIT CONVERSION
100
What is an acute condition?
What is "A sudden illness or injury that starts quickly and often needs immediate medical attention"?
100
Which question best assesses the Quality of pain?
What is “Can you describe what the pain feels like?”
100
This is the symptom you would monitor for in a client taking opioid analgesics to prevent a common adverse effect.
What is "Monitor for signs of constipation and increase fiber and fluid intake"?
100
Convert 4 L to mL
(1 L = 1,000 mL)
What is 4,000 mL?
200
What is a chronic condition?
What is "A long lasting health problem that develops slowly and usually lasts months, years or a lifetime"?
200
Which question best assesses the Severity of pain?
What is “On a scale of 0 to 10, how would you rate your pain?”
200
This is the reason you would advise a client taking beta-blockers to monitor their heart rate regularly.
What is "Beta-blockers can lower heart rate, and monitoring helps prevent bradycardia"?
200
How many inches in 5 centimeter?
What is 2 inches?
300
Which patient should you prioritize?
A patient with chronic COPD awaiting discharge or a patient with increasing shortness of breath and an O2 stat of 88%?
What is "The patient with increasing shortness of breath and an O2 stat of 88%" ?
300
Which pain description is most consistent with neuropathic pain?
What is burning, shooting, or tingling?
300
This is the standard practice to ensure the right patient receives the right medication at the right dose and time.
What are the "Five Rights" of medication administration (right patient, right drug, right dose, right route, right time)?
300
Convert 10 g to mg
(1 g = 1,000 mg)
What is 10,000 mg?
400
Is a patient that has onset confusion and slurred speech acute or chronic?
What is Acute?
400
A patient says, “My pain feels like pins and needles.” Which type of pain is most likely?
What is neuropathic pain?
400
This is the term for the phenomenon where chronic use of pain medications leads to reduced effectiveness, requiring higher doses for the same effect.
What is tolerance?
400
Pt weighs 120 lb, how much does the pt weigh in kg?
(1 kg = 2.2 lb)
What is 54.5 kg?
500
Which patient should be seen first? A stable patient with chronic heart failure or a patient with chronic diabetes who is suddenly confused and has a blood glucose of 45 mg.
What is "The patient with chronic diabetes who is suddenly confused and has a blood glucose of 45 mg"?
500
Why should the nurse complete a pain assessment before administering an analgesic?What is neuropathic pain?
What is to obtain a baseline for comparison after treatment?
500
This common side effect of NSAIDs, such as ibuprofen, can affect the stomach lining.
What is gastrointestinal bleeding or stomach ulcers?
500
Convert 3,250 g to kg
(1 kg = 1,000 g)
What is 3.25?