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A nurse learns that a colleague was recently diagnosed with
trigeminal neuralgia. When the nurse sees her colleague, which of
the following behaviors can the nurse expect in her friend?
A slow, halting gait
Difficulty rising from a chair
Caution when eating, chewing, and talking
Reports by her friend about all of her "tender points" -
correct answer ✅Caution when eating, chewing, and talking
The nurse is working with a patient who catastrophizes pain. Using
the following tool, which level is the most unlikely for this patient to
select when reporting his sense of pain?
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0: No hurt
6: Hurts even more
8: Hurts a whole lot
10: Hursts worst -
correct answer ✅0: No hurt
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Naloxone is being used for a patient's treatment. Which of the
following acute manifestations should the clinical team be aware
may develop? -
correct answer ✅Opioid with withdrawal
Rationale: as naloxone blocks opioid receptors, it will induce opioid
withdrawal symptoms.
A patient is to receive a prescription for an NSAID medication.
Which choices are available? -
correct answer ✅Celecoxib
Aspirin
A patient has experienced an injury disrupting signaling in the
spinothalamic tract. What may the nurse expect in this patient? -
correct answer ✅reduced perception of pain
Rationale : the spinothalamic tract carries pain signals to the brain.
Disruption of this pathway may reduce pain signals reaching the
brain
A nurse is helping a patient who has been diagnosed with
neuropathic pain. What may the nurse expect? -
correct answer ✅The patient has difficulty describing the pain.
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Patient can have difficulty articulating with accuracy the sense of
neuropathic pain.
A nurse educator is teaching about the initial history and
assessment of a patient in pain. Which acronym does the educator
suggest the students learn? -
correct answer ✅OLDCART
A nursing student is becoming frustrated with her family as they
discuss the disease shingles. Which of the following statements
made by family members does the nursing student need to correct?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅Shingles is caused by measles
Shingles is usually asymptomatic
If you had chicken pox, you cannot get shingles
Shingles is just another name for herpes.
A nurse sees on a patient's chart that the area of the nucleus raphe
magnus (NRM) and periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) has been
damaged. Which of the following characteristics may the nurse
expect in the patient? -
correct answer ✅Low pain threshold
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Rationale : with damage to the NRM and PAG pathway and
subsequent reduced endorphins levels, the patient may present
with a reduced pain threshold.
Which of the following responses indicates that a nursing student
needs further help in understanding the pain response? -
correct answer ✅Pain is objective.
Pain behaviors are consistent from person to person.
Pain rating scales are seldom helpful.
While speaking with a patient experiencing mild, chronic pain, you
learn that the patient exercises moderately to experience less pain
and to gain a sense of well-being known as the "runner's high."
Which of the following signals helps to suppress the sensation of
pain? Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅Enkephalins ( are a form of endogenous
opioids,which are natural analgesic substances.
Endorphins ( are natural analgesic substances)
Dynorphins (are a form of endogenous opioids)
A patient believes that the amount of concern around opioid
prescriptions is ridiculous. He states that a person should be able to
Answers 2026
A nurse learns that a colleague was recently diagnosed with
trigeminal neuralgia. When the nurse sees her colleague, which of
the following behaviors can the nurse expect in her friend?
A slow, halting gait
Difficulty rising from a chair
Caution when eating, chewing, and talking
Reports by her friend about all of her "tender points" -
correct answer ✅Caution when eating, chewing, and talking
The nurse is working with a patient who catastrophizes pain. Using
the following tool, which level is the most unlikely for this patient to
select when reporting his sense of pain?
29367
0: No hurt
6: Hurts even more
8: Hurts a whole lot
10: Hursts worst -
correct answer ✅0: No hurt
,FA Davis Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Naloxone is being used for a patient's treatment. Which of the
following acute manifestations should the clinical team be aware
may develop? -
correct answer ✅Opioid with withdrawal
Rationale: as naloxone blocks opioid receptors, it will induce opioid
withdrawal symptoms.
A patient is to receive a prescription for an NSAID medication.
Which choices are available? -
correct answer ✅Celecoxib
Aspirin
A patient has experienced an injury disrupting signaling in the
spinothalamic tract. What may the nurse expect in this patient? -
correct answer ✅reduced perception of pain
Rationale : the spinothalamic tract carries pain signals to the brain.
Disruption of this pathway may reduce pain signals reaching the
brain
A nurse is helping a patient who has been diagnosed with
neuropathic pain. What may the nurse expect? -
correct answer ✅The patient has difficulty describing the pain.
,FA Davis Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Patient can have difficulty articulating with accuracy the sense of
neuropathic pain.
A nurse educator is teaching about the initial history and
assessment of a patient in pain. Which acronym does the educator
suggest the students learn? -
correct answer ✅OLDCART
A nursing student is becoming frustrated with her family as they
discuss the disease shingles. Which of the following statements
made by family members does the nursing student need to correct?
Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅Shingles is caused by measles
Shingles is usually asymptomatic
If you had chicken pox, you cannot get shingles
Shingles is just another name for herpes.
A nurse sees on a patient's chart that the area of the nucleus raphe
magnus (NRM) and periaqueductal gray matter (PAG) has been
damaged. Which of the following characteristics may the nurse
expect in the patient? -
correct answer ✅Low pain threshold
, FA Davis Exam Actual Questions and
Answers 2026
Rationale : with damage to the NRM and PAG pathway and
subsequent reduced endorphins levels, the patient may present
with a reduced pain threshold.
Which of the following responses indicates that a nursing student
needs further help in understanding the pain response? -
correct answer ✅Pain is objective.
Pain behaviors are consistent from person to person.
Pain rating scales are seldom helpful.
While speaking with a patient experiencing mild, chronic pain, you
learn that the patient exercises moderately to experience less pain
and to gain a sense of well-being known as the "runner's high."
Which of the following signals helps to suppress the sensation of
pain? Select all that apply. -
correct answer ✅Enkephalins ( are a form of endogenous
opioids,which are natural analgesic substances.
Endorphins ( are natural analgesic substances)
Dynorphins (are a form of endogenous opioids)
A patient believes that the amount of concern around opioid
prescriptions is ridiculous. He states that a person should be able to
