Understanding Pathophysiology Study Set 3

A patient asks the nurse where nociceptors can be found. How should the nurse respond?

A nurse is discussing an individual's conditioned or learned approach or avoidance behaviour in response to pain. Which system is the nurse describing?

When a neurologist explains how pricking a finger with a needle provides minimal pain, while cutting the finger with a knife provides more severe pain, what theory is being described?

A patient scrapes both knees while playing soccer and reports sharp and well-localized pain. Which of the following should the nurse document to most accurately characterize the pain?

A nurse should document on the chart that persistent pain is occurring when the patient reports the pain has lasted longer than:

Several years after an amputation the patient continues to sporadically feel pain in the absent hand. What type of pain should the nurse document in the chart?

When planning care for a child in pain, which principle should the nurse remember? The pain threshold in children is _____ that of adults.

Where does the regulation of body temperature primarily occur?

When the nurse is discussing the patient's cyclical temperature fluctuation occurring on a daily basis, what term should the nurse use?

A nurse wants to teach about one of the primary organs responsible for heat production. Which organ should the nurse include?

How does heat loss by convection occur in the body?

For evaporation to function effectively as a means of dissipating excess body heat, which one of the following conditions must be present?

A patient received a prescription for a weight loss pill. One effect of the pills is to increase the release of epinephrine. Which of the following would be expected to also occur?

When a patient has a fever, which of the following thermoregulatory mechanisms is activated?

Which of the following is an exogenous pyrogen?

Hikers are attempting to cross the Arizona desert with a small supply of water. The temperatures cause them to sweat profusely, and become weak and confused. What are the hikers experiencing?

What might be a result of prolonged exposure to a cold environment?

Which of the following is a complication from heat stroke?

Which condition would be treated with therapeutic hypothermia?

A patient is undergoing a sleep laboratory test. When the sleep laboratory worker notices EEG patterns with brain activity similar to the normal awake pattern, which phase of sleep is occurring?