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TFauchery

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on: Jun 25, 2018
When evaluating a patient's pain, the nurse knows that an example of acute pain would be:
 
  a. Arthritic pain.
  b. Fibromyalgia. c.
  Kidney stones.
  d. Low back pain.

Question 2

Which statement indicates that the nurse understands the pain experienced by an older adult?
 
  a. Older adults must learn to tolerate pain.
  b. Pain is a normal process of aging and is to be expected.
  c. Pain indicates a pathologic condition or an injury and is not a normal process of aging.
  d. Older individuals perceive pain to a lesser degree than do younger individuals.


fdliggud

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Reply #1 on: Jun 25, 2018
Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Acute pain is short-term and dissipates after an injury heals, such as with kidney stones. The other conditions are examples of chronic pain during which the pain continues for 6 months or longer and does not stop when the injury heals.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: C
Pain indicates a pathologic condition or an injury and should never be considered something that an older adult should expect or tolerate. Pain is not a normal process of aging, and no evidence suggests that pain perception is reduced with aging.


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TFauchery

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Reply #2 on: Jun 25, 2018
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Reply #3 on: Jun 25, 2018
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