The acquiring of new knowledge that results in a persistent change of behavior.
What is learning.
100
This is the most common sleep problem.
What is insomnia.
100
Optimal pain relief occurs when drugs are taken in this manner.
What is when drugs are taken on a regular schedule.
100
Rigid posture, wincing when turned, crying, withdrawal from usual contact with others, grunting, grimacing with movement.
What are behavior or nonverbal pain cues.
200
Handling of the materials or hands-on learning, reinforces the visual demonstration.
What is Kinesthetic learning?
200
The study and principles of how adults learn.
What is androgogy.
200
This is a shortage of quality, undisturbed sleep that reduces physical and mental wellbeing.
What is sleep deprivation.
200
These drugs are receptor agonists because they work in the same way as endorphins and enkephalins to activate these receptors in the body and alter the perception of pain.
What are opioids.
200
A variety of these are used to assist patients in communicating their pain level.
What is a pain scale.
300
These identify actions that can be measured, thus they serve as evaluation tools of expected outcomes.
What are behavioral objectives.
300
The study and principles of how children learn.
What is pedagogy.
300
Symptoms include difficulty falling asleep, waking often during the night or early morning and not feeling rested after sleep.
What is insomnia.
300
This is the physical changes in autonomic nervous system function that occur when opioid drugs are used long term.
What is dependence.
300
These receptors are found in the skin, joints, or organ viscera.
What are nociceptors.
400
Avoiding this as well as abbreviations when talking with patients and explain any medican terms or words carefully.
What is medical jargon.
400
The type of listening in which your full attention is given to the speaker; you restate back to the person what he or she said and ask if your interpretation of what is said is what was actually meant.
What is active listening.
400
These drugs can be used to treat insomnia and have a hypnotic/sedating effect and are mainly used to treat anxiety or stress.
What are benzodiazepines.
400
This is the psychologic need or craving for the "high" feeling resulting from the use of opioids when pain is not present.
What is addiction.
400
The four phases of pain associated with noceceptive pain.
What is transduction, transmission, perception and modulation.
500
Responding in an appropriate, accepting, and nonjudgmental way to cultural differences.
What is cultural sensitivity.
500
The learning area of intellectual ability.
What is cognitive domain.
500
The three major symptoms: cataplexy, vivid hallucinations, and total paralysis at the beginning or end of the sleep episode.
What is narcolepsy.
500
When these two substances bind to opioid receptors, they activate these receptors, decreasing pain and increasing the feeling of well-being.
What are endorphins and enkephalins
500
These types of drugs work by blocking the production of the substances that trigger the apin receptors in the transduction phase.