The nurse is caring for a trauma patient with the nursing ...

[bobypop]

The nurse is caring for a trauma patient with the nursing diagnosis of Acute pain r/t fracture and muscle spasms. Which is an appropriate goal for this nursing diagnosis?
 
  a. The patient will experience less pain when participating in physical therapy.
  b. The patient will describe meditation techniques that can be used to cope with pain.
  c. Nursing staff will explain the ordered pain management approach to the patient.
  d. The patient will feel less pain each day when range-of-motion therapy is performed.

Question 2

Which patient is best suited for PCA analgesia?
 
  a. A patient who is confused after a head injury
  b. A patient recovering from total hysterectomy surgery
  c. A patient who has severe psychogenic pain
  d. A patient with arthritis who is unable to push the nurse call button

[Jmfn03]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Goals must be measurable and objective so that nursing staff can determine when each of the goals has been met. Having the patient describe meditation techniques is measurable because the nursing staff can determine whether or not he can actually describe them. Goals are achieved by the patient, not nursing staff. The nursing staff cannot accurately measure whether or not the patient is experiencing or feeling less pain. The goal statements The patient will report less pain... or state that he has less pain... are not measurable and appropriate.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Patients recuperating from surgery are often good candidates for PCA analgesia. Confusion, inability to push the PCA button, and psychogenic pain are all contraindications for PCA analgesia.

[bobypop]

Both answers were spot on, thank you once again

[Jmfn03]

Great! Please up vote