Study Guide - Exam #2
Pain Management
Nursing Care of Patients with Cancer
1. Discuss the nursing interventions for the patient receiving chemotherapy or radiation treatment.
2. Discuss the concepts of pain and pain management.
3. Differentiate between the assessment needed for the patient in acute and chronic pain.
4. Describe the different types of pain.
5. Discuss the education needed for the patient on opioid medication.
6. Discuss goals/outcomes for patients in chronic pain.
7. Discuss the safety precaution education needed for patients receiving chemotherapy.
8. Discuss the use of the pain diary in pain management.
9. Discuss the nursing interventions for the patient using PCA or continuous opioid analgesia.
10. Discuss risk factors for cancer and the education needed.
11. Discuss titration in pain management.
12. Discuss the relevant assessment data needed for the terminal patient on pain medication.
13. Discuss nursing diagnoses relevant for patients with terminal disease.
14. Discuss factors that influence pain.
15. Differentiate between a benign tumor and a malignant tumor.
16. Discuss nutritional education for the aptient with cancer.
17. Discuss the effects of pain on the other body systems.
18. Discuss nursing diagnoses appropriate for the patient with cancer.
19. Discuss factors that promote cancer.
20. Explain the debulking procedure in the treatment of cancer.
21. Discuss the stages of cancer.
Dosage and Calculations
Can you calculate:
a) Infusion time
b) Flow rate- mL/hr
c) Infusion rate-gtt/min
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