Match each term with its meaning or definition.

The nurse is educating a postoperative patient about the use of a patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) pump. Which statement by the patient indicates a need for further teaching?

A 60-year-old patient with a history of congestive heart failure (CHF) secondary to coronary artery disease is admitted to the cardiac care unit (CCU) with symptoms of worsening dyspnea, fatigue, and peripheral edema) The VN is assisting in the care of this patient and is familiarizing themselves with the medications being administered) The patient’s physician orders dobutamine, an adrenergic agent, to be initiated for management of acute decompensated heart failure. What is the primary therapeutic use of dobutamine in the management of heart failure?

Match each type of pain with the most accurate description.

What is the rationale for administering aspirin to a patient experiencing an acute myocardial infarction?

What is the rationale for administering naloxone to a patient?

What is the primary mechanism of action for nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs?

What is the best definition or description of pain?

The nurse is caring for a patient taking a cholinergic agent. When auscultating lung sounds, the nurse notes inspiratory and expiratory wheezing bilaterally. What is the best action for the nurse to take?

Choose the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug from the list.