A nurse teaches the patient about the gate control theory. Which statement made by a patient reflects a correct understanding about the relationship between the gate control theory of pain and the use of meditation to relieve pain?
a. "Meditation controls pain by blocking pain impulses from coming through the gate."
b. "Meditation alters the chemical composition of pain neuroregulators, which closes the gate."
c. "Meditation will help me sleep through the pain because it opens the gate."
d. "Meditation stops the occurrence of pain stimuli."
ANS: A
According to this theory, gating mechanisms located along the central nervous system regulate or block pain impulses. Pain impulses pass through when a gate is open and are blocked when a gate is closed. Nonpharmacologic pain-relief measures, such as meditation, work by closing the gates, which keeps pain impulses from coming through. Meditation does not open pain gates or stop pain from occurring. Meditation also does not have an effect on pain neuroregulators.
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