What is referred pain and localized pain

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1. What is nociceptive pain? What drugs can you administer that would respond well to nociceptive pain?

2. What is neuropathic pain? What drugs can you administer that would respond well to neuropathic pain?

3. What is referred pain?

4. What is localized pain?

5. What is projected pain?

6. What is visceral pain?

7. What is somatic pain?

8. For a geriatric patient, what considerations must you give when administering pain medications?

9. What are some nonpharmacologic ways you can help with pain?

10. What is a TENS unit? How is it used? How does it work for the patient? What would you teach?

11. What is a PCA? How is it used? How does it work? What would you teach? What are some signs/symptoms of issues with the PCA medication?

12. What is an epidural/lumbar catheter? How does it work? What would you teach? What would you want to avoid doing around the insertion site of a lumbar/epidural catheter?

13. What are the different pain scales? What would you use for someone who is non-verbal? What if they have advanced dementia?

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