Pain & Asepsis

Your patient states that their pain in a 4/10 at the moment. What should you do first?

• Give hydrocodone oral tablets

• Adjust the patient in bed and apply a heating pad

• Give acetaminophen tablets

• Assess the patient's pain

You talked to your patient about the ocean and feeling the sand between their toes during a procedure. What nonpharm technique did you use?

• Meditation

• Guided imagery

• Distraction

• Disillusionment

Which of the following can be used to comfort a patient during an injection?

• Buzzy Bee

• LMX Cream

• Distraction

• Cold Spray

When a smiling and cooperative patient complains of discomfort, nurses caring for this patient often harbor misconceptions about the patient’s pain. Which of the following is true?

• Chronic pain is psychological in nature

• Patients are the best judges of their pain

• Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction

• Amount of pain is reflective of actual tissue damage

A patient has just undergone an appendectomy. When discussing with the patient several pain relief interventions, the most appropriate recommendation would be

• Adjunctive therapy

• Non-opiods

• NSAIDs

• PCA Pain Management

A postoperative patient is using PCA. You will evaluate the effectiveness of the medication when:

• You compare assessed pain with baseline pain

• Body language is in-congruent with reports of pain relief

• Family members report that pain has subsided

• Vital signs have returned to baseline

When performing sterile aseptic procedures, the nurse must create a ____________ in which objects can be handled with minimal risk of contamination.

• Sterile Plane

• Sterile Area

• Sterile Field

• Sterile Table

A nurse is preparing a sterile field. Which of the following actions should the nurse perform when opening the sterile pack?

• Reach around the pack and open the top flap away from the body

• Place the pack on a sterile work surface

• Open the right flap with the left hand

• Move to the opposite side of the pack to open the fourth flap

A nurse is removing her PPE after given direct care to a client who requires isolation. Which of the following PPE items should the nurse remove first per the CDC?

• Gown

• Gloves

• Face Shield

• Mask

Which of the following is an appropriate technique for the nurse to use when performing sterile gloving?

• Put the glove on the non-dominate hand first

• Pull the cuffs down on both gloves after gloving

• Grasp the outside cuff of the other glove with the gloved hand

• Interlock the hands after both gloves are applied