Ouch, that hurts
Sharp, sudden pain
What is acute pain?
After administering pain medication, the nurse understands that this must be done within one hour.
What is reassessing pain and medication effectiveness?
Why would a nurse monitor for respiratory depression
When giving Morphine (or any opioid)
The patient is difficult to wake up.
What the nurse would experience when trying to wake the patient up from REM sleep.
Refers to the person's biological clock. Controls a person's wake-sleep cycle
What is circadian rhythm
It can be difficult to treat effectively
What is chronic pain?
Name at least two examples of nursing interventions for a client experiencing acute pain.
What is visualization, listening to music, meditation, turning down the lights, providing privacy, and breathing techniques.
What is a PCA pump
Patient Controlled Analgesic
These behaviors can occur as a result of Agitation, Disorientation, Hyperactivity
What is sleep deprivation?
The stage of sleep which compromises about 75% of total sleep and consists of 4 stages. The person can be aroused easily in these stages of the sleep cycle.
What is NREM (non-rapid eye movement) stage
A tool or guide that helps a nurse translate a person's rating of their pain.
What is a pain scale?
A patient shows signs of extreme drowsiness, slowed breathing, and decreased level of consciousness. Nurse suspects what?
Possible opioid overdose.
Give what?
Apply ice, Reposition patient, Guided imagery ,TV, Music
What do these things have in common
Non-pharmacologic interventions for pain
Side effects include doing activities that you are unaware of.
What are Zolpidem
Sleep state in which dreams occur and vital signs are similar to when awake
REM sleep - Rapid Eye Movement
Before administering pain medication the nurse should first.
Assess the characteristics of the pain
Medication used to reverse the effects of known or suspected opioid overdose
What is Naloxone
The person experiencing the pain is the authority of what?
Presence of pain
a sleep disorder where the patient has periods of absence or diminished breathing. Breathing may cease for 10-20 seconds and possibly as long as 2 minutes of no breathing.
What is Obstructive sleep apnea
Limit caffeine after midnight and use black-out curtains in your bedroom.
What you will need to do after you graduate and start working the night shift!!!!!
When administering pain medication the nurse must always
What is respiratory depression?
What activities if any has your pain prevented you from performing
Appropriate assessment question to assess how pain is affecting mobility.
Most common symptom is daytime sleepiness,
Also experiences fatigue, headaches, body aches, Irritability
What is OSA
Obstructive Sleep Apnea
Daytime drowsiness, random sleep attacks, sleep paralysis, hypocretin deficiency, cataplexy.
What is narcolepsy?
A primary concern for a person diagnosed with narcolepsy
Risk for potential for injury, (falling)
The processes by which tissue-damaging stimuli activate nerve endings.
What is transduction
Refers to the relay functions by which the message is carried from the site of tissue injury to the brain regions underlying perception.
What is transmission
Refers to up or down-regulation of pain signals throughout the spinal cord and the brain. Many never reach the brain
What is modulation
"I feel rested when I wake up in the morning"
A met outcome of a patient that nursing concept is impaired sleep.
Why does the body need sleep
Body tissue restoration, preserves cardiac functions, and assists with memory storage and learning.