Ch 34 Comfort & Pain Management NCLEX Practice Questions

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• A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses

about the nature of pain. Which statements accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all that apply.

• Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it

is.

• Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it

exists.

• Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue

damage.

• Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe

phenomenon.e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.

• Pain is classified by duration, location, source,

transmission, and etiology.

• Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
• Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
• Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.

e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.

• Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology.

• One of the most common distinctions of pain is

whether it is acute or chronic. Which examples describe chronic pain? Select all that apply.

• A patient is receiving chemotherapy for bladder

cancer.

• An adolescent is admitted to the hospital for an

appendectomy.

• A patient is experiencing a ruptured aneurysm.
• A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain

medication.

• A patient has back pain related to an accident that

occurred last year.

• A patient is experiencing pain from second-degree

burns.

• A patient is receiving chemotherapy for bladder cancer.
• A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain medication.
• A patient has back pain related to an accident that occurred last year.
• A patient complains of abdominal pain that is difficult

to localize. The nurse documents this as which type of pain?

• Cutaneous
• Visceral
• Superficial
• Somatic
• Visceral
• A female patient who is having a myocardial infarction

complains of pain that is situated in her jaw. The nurse documents this as what type of pain?

• Transient pain
• Superficial pain
• Phantom pain
• Referred pain
• Referred pain

• The three types of responses to pain are physiologic,

behavioral, and affective. Which are examples of behavioral responses to pain? Select all that apply.

• A patient cradles a wrist that was injured in a car

accident.

• A child is moaning and crying due to a stomachache.
• A patient's pulse is increased following a myocardial

infarction.

• A patient in pain strikes out at a nurse who attempts to

bathe him.

• A patient who has chronic cancer pain is depressed

and withdrawn.

• A child pulls away from a nurse trying to give him an

injection.

• A patient cradles a wrist that was injured in a car accident.
• A child is moaning and crying due to a stomachache.
• A child pulls away from a nurse trying to give him an injection.
• An elderly patient is confined to bedrest following

cervical spine surgery to treat nerve pinching. The nurse is vigilant about turning the patient and assessing the patient regularly to prevent the formation of pressure ulcers. What type of agent is the stimulus for pressure ulcers?

• Mechanical
• Thermal
• Chemical
• Electrical
• Mechanical
• A nurse uses a whirlpool to relax a patient following

intense physical therapy to restore movement in her legs.What is a potent pain-blocking neuromodulator, released through relaxation techniques?

• Prostaglandins
• Substance P
• Endorphins
• Serotonin
• Endorphins

• A patient is postoperative following an emergency

cesarean section birth. The patient asks the nurse about the use of pain medications following surgery. What would be a correct response by the nurse?

• "It's not a good idea to ask for pain medication

regularly as it can be addictive."

• "It is better to wait until the pain gets unbearable

before asking for pain medication."

• "It's natural to have to put up with pain after surgery

and it will lessen in intensity in a few days."

• "Your doctor has ordered pain medications for you,

which you should not be afraid to request any time you have pain."

• "Your doctor has ordered pain medications for you, which you should not be

afraid to request any time you have pain."

• Applying the gate control theory of pain, what would

be an effective nursing intervention for a patient with lower back pain?

• Encouraging regular use of analgesics
• Applying a moist heating pad to the area at prescribed

intervals

• Reviewing the pain experience with the patient
• Ambulating the patient after administering medication
• Applying a moist heating pad to the area at prescribed intervals
• The nurse is assessing the pain of a neonate who is

admitted to the NICU with a heart defect. Which pain assessment scale would be the best tool to use with this patient?

• CRIES scale
• COMFORT scale
• FLACC scale
• FACES scale
• CRIES scale