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_________ is a modality that requires the patient to focus on something other than the pain
Distraction
What are the Fat soluble vitamins
A,K,E,D
Tell whether the following statement is true or false.
Red meat is an incomplete protein.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Rationale: Red meat is a complete protein.
Tell whether the following statement is true or false.
The best judge of the existence and severity of a patient’s pain is the physician or nurse caring for the patient.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Rationale: The best judge of the existence and severity of a patient’s pain is the patient.
This is a pain that originates in a different part of the body but is perceived in the area distant from that point of origin so an example of this would be a woman who has a heart attack and has pain in her shoulder
Referred pain
This organ stores glucose and regulates entry into the blood
liver
Tell whether the following statement is true or false.
Food is more vital to life than water because it provides the medium necessary for all chemical reactions and it is not stored in the body.
A. True
B. False
Answer: B. False
Rationale: Water is more vital to life than food because it provides the medium necessary for all chemical reactions and it is not stored in the body.
Which following pain assessment tool is recommended for use with neonates ages 0 to 6 months?
A. Oucher Pain Scale
B. Wong-Baker FACES
C. FLACC Pain Scale
D. CRIES Pain Scale
Answer: D. CRIES Pain Scale
Rationale: The CRIES Pain Scale is a tool intended for use with neonates and infants from 0 to 6 months.
Moaning, crying, and acting restlessness are all examples of what type of response to pain?
Behavioral.
Short term dietary support can be administered through this and placement is confirmed with Xray.
NG tube/ NG tube feedings.
This macronutrient provides the most energy
Carbohydrate.
Which modulator of pain is thought to reduce pain sensation by inhibiting the release of substance P from the terminals of afferent neurons?
A. Endorphins
B. Dynorphins
C. Enkephalins
D. Nociceptors
Answer: C. Enkephalins
Rationale: Enkephalins are thought to reduce pain by inhibiting the release of substance P from the terminals of afferent neurons. Endorphins and dynorphins are released when certain measures are used to relieve pain. Nociceptors are the peripheral nerve fibers that transmit pain.
This is pain that is resistant to therapy meaning that despite multiple types of interventions the patient is still experiencing pain
Intractable pain
Which one of the following vitamins affects visual acuity in dim light, formation and maintenance of skin and mucous membranes, and the immune function?
A. Vitamin A
B. Vitamin D
C. Vitamin E
D. Vitamin K
Answer: A. Vitamin A
Rationale: Vitamin A affects visual acuity, skin and mucous membranes, and immune function. Vitamin D provides calcium and phosphorus metabolism and stimulates calcium absorption. Vitamin E is an antioxidant that protects Vitamin A. Vitamin K helps the synthesis of certain proteins necessary for blood clotting.
This is the number of calories required to fuel the involuntary activities of the body at rest after 12 hours; energy needed to sustain metabolic activities of cells and tissues
BMR
A patient who has bone cancer is most likely experiencing which of the following types of pain?
A. Cutaneous
B. Somatic
C. Visceral
D. Referred
Answer: B. Somatic
Rationale: Deep somatic pain is diffuse or scattered and originates in tendons, ligaments, bones, blood vessels, and nerves. Cutaneous pain usually involves the skin or subcutaneous tissue. Visceral pain is poorly localized and originates in body organs. Referred pain is pain that originates in one part of the body and is perceived in an area distant to that part.
What part of the pain process does activation of pain receptors occur?
Transduction
True or false?
TPN is administered through a Peripheral IV catheter.
False tpn or total parenteral nutrition needs to be administered through a Central venous catheter or central line/Hickmann.
Obesity is considered when a BMI is equal to or greater than what?
30
A sedated patient is frequently drowsy and drifts off during his conversation with the nurse. What number on the sedation scale best describes this patient?
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
scale:
•S: sleep, easy to arouse: no action necessary
•1: awake and alert; no action necessary
•2: occasionally drowsy, but easy to arouse; no action necessary
•3: frequently drowsy, drifts off to sleep during conversation; reduce dosage
•4: somnolent with minimal or no response to stimuli; discontinue opioid, consider use of naloxone
Answer: C. 3
Rationale: 3 denotes that the patient is frequently drowsy and hard to awake. 1 means the patient is awake and alert. 2 denotes the patient is occasionally drowsy, but easy to arouse. At 4, the patient is somnolent, with minimal or no response to stimuli.