PAIN MANAGEMENT FOR TANNER BAILEY
2026 PAIN ASSESSMENT SCALES AND
EVALUATION PAPER ANSWERS VERIFIED
SUMMARY SHEET
◉ Neuropathic Pain
Answer: Pain with atypical characteristics. Also called Functional
Pain.
Experienced days, weeks, or even months after the source of the
pain has been treated and resolved.
-PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME!
-Fibromyalgia
◉ Referred Pain
Answer: Discomfort perceived in a general area of the body usually
away from the site of stimulation.
-NOT experienced in the exact site where an organ is located.
◉ Acute Pain
,Answer: Discomfot that has a short duration.
-last for a few seconds to less than 6 months.
-Associated with Tissue trauma, including surgery . Usually eases
with healing and eventually disappears.
◉ Chronic Pain
Answer: Discomfort that lasts longer than 6 moths.
◉ Pain Assessment Standards
Answer: American Pain Society proposed that pain is the fifth vital
sign.
-Nurse checks and documents patients pain every time they come in.
◉ Joint Commission Pain Assessment and Management Standards
Answer: -Everyone has right to assessment and management of pain.
-Pain is assessed using the proper tools
-Pain is assessed regularly
-Pain is treated at the office or referred somewhere else.
-Nurses are educated on pain managment, and pain assessment.
-pts. and families are educated about effective pain management
, -Pt. choices are respected as far as pain management.
◉ When does the Nurse Assess Pain?
Answer: 1. When the pt. is admitted
2. when the nurse takes vital signs
3. at least once per shift when pain is actual or potential problem.
◉ Intensity
Answer: rating for present pain, worst pain, and least pain using a
consistent scale.
◉ Location
Answer: site of pain on diagram.
◉ Quality
Answer: Description of pt. pain in own words.
◉ Onset
Answer: time pain began
◉ Duration
Answer: Period that pain has existed
2026 PAIN ASSESSMENT SCALES AND
EVALUATION PAPER ANSWERS VERIFIED
SUMMARY SHEET
◉ Neuropathic Pain
Answer: Pain with atypical characteristics. Also called Functional
Pain.
Experienced days, weeks, or even months after the source of the
pain has been treated and resolved.
-PHANTOM LIMB SYNDROME!
-Fibromyalgia
◉ Referred Pain
Answer: Discomfort perceived in a general area of the body usually
away from the site of stimulation.
-NOT experienced in the exact site where an organ is located.
◉ Acute Pain
,Answer: Discomfot that has a short duration.
-last for a few seconds to less than 6 months.
-Associated with Tissue trauma, including surgery . Usually eases
with healing and eventually disappears.
◉ Chronic Pain
Answer: Discomfort that lasts longer than 6 moths.
◉ Pain Assessment Standards
Answer: American Pain Society proposed that pain is the fifth vital
sign.
-Nurse checks and documents patients pain every time they come in.
◉ Joint Commission Pain Assessment and Management Standards
Answer: -Everyone has right to assessment and management of pain.
-Pain is assessed using the proper tools
-Pain is assessed regularly
-Pain is treated at the office or referred somewhere else.
-Nurses are educated on pain managment, and pain assessment.
-pts. and families are educated about effective pain management
, -Pt. choices are respected as far as pain management.
◉ When does the Nurse Assess Pain?
Answer: 1. When the pt. is admitted
2. when the nurse takes vital signs
3. at least once per shift when pain is actual or potential problem.
◉ Intensity
Answer: rating for present pain, worst pain, and least pain using a
consistent scale.
◉ Location
Answer: site of pain on diagram.
◉ Quality
Answer: Description of pt. pain in own words.
◉ Onset
Answer: time pain began
◉ Duration
Answer: Period that pain has existed
