Sarah

Question 1

You are an RN working as a rural nurse in a small NZ town, Sarah is a 23 year old shed hand working for a sheep shearing gang which has arrived in town recently to work at a local farm. Sarah presents to you complaining of lower abdominal pain, she also states that she is needed to pass it one more frequently than usual and her appetite has decreased.

• you have a second year student nurse on placement who asks for some advice on becoming more confident and proficient with a comprehensive assessment. Which of the following would be most important for the student nurse to remember?

Answer 1

Establish a routine for the assessment

Question 2

What type of assessment are you most likely to preform on Sarah today?

Answer 2

Focused

Question 3

What specific assessment would you consider when assessing Sarah?

Answer 3

Pain scale

Question 4

A nursing diagnosis is…

Answer 4

A clinical judgment about individual, family, or community responses to actual and potential health problems or life processes

Question 5

When working with patients in pain, nurses need to recognise and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain. With regard to the pain experience, which of the following is correct?

Answer 5

The patient is the best authority on the pain experience

Question 6

Sarah describes her pain as coming on quickly and being of short duration. What type of pain is this?

Answer 6

Acute

Question 7

You are educating Sarah about analgesics for pain relief. Included in the teaching is the fact that analgesics containing codeine may cause:

Answer 7

Constipation