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A nurse is working with a patient who has recently had a colostomy. The patient is having difficulty using the supplies that are provided for ostomy care. The nurse investigates the other types of supplies available and works with the patient to see which ones are the best. This is an
example of the critical-thinking strategy of:
- inference
- problem solving
- management
- diagnostic reasoning - Correct Answer - B - problem solving
Nursing interventions should be documented according to specific criteria so that they are clearly understood by other members of the nursing team. The intervention statement 'Nurse will apply two warm, wet soaks to the patient's leg while the patient is awake' lacks which one of the following components?
- method
- quantity
- frequency
- qualifications of the person who will perform the action - Correct
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Sharp, transient fast pain signals are transmitted to the spinal cord by:
- Thalamus and cerebral cortex
- Nociceptors
- A -delta fibres
- C- fibres - Correct Answer - c. A -delta fibres
Which of the following opioid analgesics are more likely to cause
serotonin syndrome when taken with other serotonergic agents:
- Dextropropoxyphene and Morphine
- Hydromorphone and Fentanyl
- Codeine and Fentanyl
- Tramadol and Pethidine - Correct Answer - c. Codeine and Fentanyl
The metabolite of pethidine (norpethidine) that is produced in the liver
can accumulate and cause the adverse effect:
- Constipation
- Neurotoxicity
- Nephrotoxicity
- Hepatotoxicity - Correct Answer - b. Neurotoxicity
An inflammatory mediator that lowers the threshold of nociceptors to
other mediators is:
- Glutamate
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- 5-HT
- Noradrenalin - Correct Answer - b. Prostaglandins
Compared to chronic pain, acute pain is best described as:
- generally sharp, localised and may radiate
- generally dull and aching
- generally persistent and diffuse in character
- generally associated with absent physiological responses - Correct
Answer - a. generally sharp, localised and may radiate
Pain occurring between doses of regular analgesics in patients with
severe chronic pain is referred to as:
- nociceptive pain
- breakthrough pain
- psychogenic pain
- neuropathic pain - Correct Answer - b. breakthrough pain
The gradual decrease in the effectiveness of a drug given repeatedly over
a period of time is best defined as:
- antagonism
- tolerance
- up-regulation
- dependence - Correct Answer - b. tolerance
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Tolerance develops to all of the following opioid effects, EXCEPT:
- constipation
- sedation
- nausea and vomiting
- analgesia - Correct Answer - a. constipation
Doses of morphine are titrated carefully depending on clinical response and adverse effects. The depth of respiratory depression can be
correlated with the:
- analgesic effect
- extent of nausea and vomiting
- depth of sedation
- degree of constipation - Correct Answer - c. depth of sedation
An example of an opioid receptor antagonist is:
- Bodeine
- Buprenorphine
- Naloxone
- Methadone - Correct Answer - c - Naloxone
Morphine can cause sedation, bradycardia and ...?
- Hypothermia
- Hypotension
- Hypothyroidism
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