The nurse is assessing the postoperative client's pain. This client had surgery 2 hours ago, involving the stomach and diaphragm. What will be the most appropriate description of this client's pain?
1. Acute, neuropathic, and visceral
2. Chronic, somatic, and referred
3. Acute, visceral, referred
4. Acute, cutaneous, phantom
3
Rationale: Pain that lasts only through the recovery period is described as acute pain; neuropathic pain is the result of a disturbance of the nerve pathways either from past or continuing tissue damage that results in pain; visceral pain results from stimulation of pain receptors in the abdominal cavity, cranium, and thorax.
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A) A severe infection alters the blood–brain barrier to allow the drug to cross. B) A medication that is water soluble is more likely to cross the blood-brain barrier. C) Antibiotics are the exception to the blood–brain barrier and cross easily. D) An infection that spreads outside the central nervous system helps drugs cross the barrier.
The nurse is performing passive range of motion (ROM) for the patient. How will the nurse move the joint through ROM?
a. The fullest extent b. Place the joint in normal position c. The point of pain d. Relax the patient
The average adult dose of Phenergan is 50 mg. Using Young's rule for a 10-year-old, the nurse should calculate the dosage as:
a. 23 mg. b. 25 mg. c. 30 mg. d. 35 mg.
Drugs that are prone to cause adverse drug effects include:
1. Diuretics 2. Inhaled anticholinergics 3. Insulins 4. Stimulants