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CORALGRILL2014 · **on:** Jul 11, 2018

An older patient is being admitted to a long-term care facility. What information will the nurse include when conducting a sleep history with this patient? (Select all that apply.)

A) Usual bedtime routine
B) Characteristics of sleep
C) Amount of daytime drowsiness
D) Food and fluids consumed before sleep
E) Number of hours doing housework each day

Question 2

Mrs. Ota is a 72-year-old woman whose recent fall resulted in a femoral head fracture.

In the days since her subsequent hip surgery, she has been experiencing intermittent pain and requested breakthrough analgesia several times over the past 24 hours. However, her son and daughter-in-law came to visit for the first time 2 hours ago, and Mrs. Ota has denied pain during this time period. The nurse recognizes that Mrs. Ota may be experiencing less pain at this time because:
A) Being distracted has activated her descending control system.
B) Serotonin is inhibiting signals from her nociceptors.
C) C fibers are overriding signals from her A delta fibers.
D) Distraction has heightened the response of her spinal cord neurons.

peter · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 11, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A, B, C, D
Feedback:
Parts of a sleep history include the patient's usual bedtime routine, characteristics of sleep, amount of daytime drowsiness, and food and fluids consumed before sleep. The number of hours doing housework each day is not a part of the sleep history.

Answer to Question 2

B