NSG 302 Assessment Exam 3 (Complete And Verified Study material) (59pages) LEARNEXAMS

1. Pain: Answer _____________ has two types: -Nociceptive -Neuropathic 2. Nociceptive: Answer _____________ pain: Nerve fibersin the PNS & CNS are functioning and intact, includes 4 phases: 1) transduction 2) transmission 3) perception 4) modulation 3. Neuropathic: Answer ___________________pain: does not follow predictable phases -abnormal processing -difficult to assess/treat -pain occurs after site heals (2-3 years) -narcotics/morphine tend not to work -pain is not measurable 4. Transduction/transmission/perception/modulation: Answer Nociceptive pain phases: 1) :noxious stimulus to somatic/visceral structures, neurotransmitter released to spinal cord 2) : pain impulse moves from spinal cord to brain (thalamus) 3) : conscious awareness of pain once impulse travelsto cortex (from