Meds
Nursing care
Patients
Meds
Nursing
100
Abbreviation for acetaminopen.
What is APAP?
100
Intervention for pain that can be delegated to the NAP per your book.
What is massage?
100
The group of client which is likely to underreport pain.
What is older adults?
100
The meaning of the abbreviation ATC.
What is around the clock?
100
The type of pain which is protective.
What is acute pain?
200
The common name for oxycodone/APAP.
What is Percocet?
200
Can cause the nurse to underestimate a client's report of pain.
What is bias?
200
The assessment tool used to show a visual of pain level.
What is Wong-Baker Faces pain scale?
200
The term for a client who has not taken narcotics previously.
What is opioid naive?
200
The assessment tool the nurse can use for the client with dementia.
What is PAINAD?
300
The term when a client needs to take higher doses to get the same effect of a medication.
What is tolerance?
300
Might be an objective indicator of pain.
What is vital signs? Increased HR, BP, Resp rate......
300
Biggest side effect of opioid pain med use that the client does not become tolerant to.
What is constipation?
300
The other term for narcotics.
What is opioid?
300
Route of pain med admin which should be avoided in the elderly.
What is intramuscular?
400
The term used for a med that is not a narcotic but helps with pain, such as muscle relaxers.
What is adjuvants?
400
Max dose for acetaminophen administration.
What is 4g/24 hours?
400
The first thing the nurse watches for in a patient on narcotics.
What is sedation?
400
The overall goal of pain management therapies.
What is functional abilities?
400
Med class that has the side effect of GI bleeding and kidney issues?
What is NSAIDs?
500
The organ most adversely affected by acetaminophen.
What is the liver?
500
The part of the nursing process that must be repeated again and again in pain management.
What is assessment?
500
Clients at risk for adverse affects of opioid meds.
What is anyone with breathing/lung problems?
500
Transdermal form of opioid pain medication.
What is fentanyl patch?
500
The best type of pain medication for chronic pain.
What is sustained release oral form?