Study Guide for Fundamentals of Nursing The Art and Science of Nursing Care

PART B

11. Pain associated with cancer of the uterus


12. Pain associated with a myocardial
    infarction


13. Pain associated with a knee injury


14. Pain associated with burns


15. Pain associated with a brain tumor


16. Pain associated with a gash in the skin


17. Pain associated with a broken leg


18. Pain associated with ulcers
    Match the term for nonpharmacologic pain
    relief listed in Part A with its definition listed
    in Part B.
    PART A
    a.Imagery
    b.Relaxation techniques
    c.TENS
    d.Cutaneous stimulation
    e.Placebo
    f.Hypnosis
    g.Acupuncture
    h.Biofeedback
    i.Acupressure
    j.Therapeutic touch
    k.Distraction
    PART B


19. Involves using one’s hands to consciously
    direct an energy exchange from the prac-
    titioner to the patient


20. Involves four elements: assuming a com-
    fortable position with the body in good
    alignment, being in quiet surroundings,
    repeating certain words, and adopting a
    passive attitude when distracting thoughts
    enter the individual’s consciousness


21. Involves stimulating the skin’s surface to
    relieve pain; can be explained by the
    gate control theory


22. Requires the patient to focus attention
    on something other than the pain


23. An example of mind–body interaction
    used to decrease pain that involves one
    or all of the senses and focusing on a
    mental picture
    24. Involves the application of pressure or
    massage or both to usual acupuncture
    sites
    25. A noninvasive alternative technique
    that involves electrical stimulation of
    large-diameter fibers to inhibit the trans-
    mission of painful impulses carried over
    small-diameter fibers
    26. A technique that influences a
    subconscious condition by means of
    suggestion
    27. A technique that uses a machine with a
    signal to help the patient learn by trial
    and error to control the supposedly
    involuntary body mechanisms that may
    cause pain
    28. A technique that uses needles of various
    lengths to prick specific parts of the
    body to produce insensitivity to pain

SHORT ANSWER

1.Read each of the situations below and use the

table on page 229 to describe behavioral, phys-

iologic, and affective responses to pain that

you might observe in these patients:

Situation A:Mrs. Novinger tells you that she

frequently gets migraine headaches and feels

one coming on.

Situation B:Ryan Goode, age 3, reached out to

pet a stray cat, who hissed and scratched his

forearm.

Situation C:Mrs. Carol Chung underwent a

cesarean birth 2 days ago and is using her

call light to request something for her inci-

sional pain.

Situation D:Joseph Miles, age 79, has a long

history of degenerative joint disease and

tells you this is a “bad morning” for his

joints: “I think the weather must be

affecting my arthritis.”

Write a three-part diagnosis statement for

each of these patients using the assessment

data in the table on page 229.

Situation A:

Situation B:

Situation C:

Situation D:

228 UNIT VII PROMOTING HEALTHY PHYSIOLOGIC RESPONSES

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