NUR 243 FINAL 4 UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The concept of "pain", is made up of what 5 influences?
Answer: physiological
social
spiritual
psychological
cultural
◉ Is pain subjective or objective?
Answer: subjective - its whatever that patient says it is
◉ What are the different classifications of pain?
Answer: nociceptive
neuropathic
◉ give two examples of nocioceptive pain
Answer: muscoloskeletal
internal organ
,◉ What is visceral pain?
Answer: organ pain
◉ What is somatic pain?
Answer: originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons, or blood
vessels
◉ t/f we treat nocioceptive and neuropathic pain the same?
Answer: False
◉ what is neuropathic pain?
Answer: damage to the nerves
-damage to peripheral nerves or structures of the CNS
◉ tramadol/acetaminophen and gabapentin might be used to tx
what type of pain?
Answer: neuropathic pain
◉ what medications might we use to tx musculoskeletal pain?
Answer: NSAIDS or any anti-inflammatory drugs
,◉ musculoskeletal pain is (describe its characteristics)
Answer: burning, sharp, aching, throbbing, prickly
◉ neuropathic pain is (describe its characteristics)
Answer: numbing, hot-burning, stabbing, sharp, electric shock like
◉ t/f pain is expected with age
Answer: f
◉ t/f
pain can exist even when no physical cause can be found
Answer: true
◉ what is idiopathic pain
Answer: no identifiable etiology
◉ What is the numerical pain rating scale?
Answer: 0-no pain
1-3- mild pain
4-5-moderate pain
7-10-severe pain
, ◉ when trying to assess a pts pain, it is important that you use what
tools and consider what influences in relation to the assessment
tools?
Answer: NRS (numerical rating scale)
Faces pain scale
**always consider your pt/ population
Is your patient able to communicate or understand numbers? Are
they able to see? etc.
◉ What is the mankoski pain scale?
Answer: a scale used to assess chronic pain
-it considers the pain level and how to effectively treat the pain
assesses how pain effects ADL's
◉ What is multimodal interventions?
Answer: using various forms of treatment
ex:
heating pads
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
◉ The concept of "pain", is made up of what 5 influences?
Answer: physiological
social
spiritual
psychological
cultural
◉ Is pain subjective or objective?
Answer: subjective - its whatever that patient says it is
◉ What are the different classifications of pain?
Answer: nociceptive
neuropathic
◉ give two examples of nocioceptive pain
Answer: muscoloskeletal
internal organ
,◉ What is visceral pain?
Answer: organ pain
◉ What is somatic pain?
Answer: originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons, or blood
vessels
◉ t/f we treat nocioceptive and neuropathic pain the same?
Answer: False
◉ what is neuropathic pain?
Answer: damage to the nerves
-damage to peripheral nerves or structures of the CNS
◉ tramadol/acetaminophen and gabapentin might be used to tx
what type of pain?
Answer: neuropathic pain
◉ what medications might we use to tx musculoskeletal pain?
Answer: NSAIDS or any anti-inflammatory drugs
,◉ musculoskeletal pain is (describe its characteristics)
Answer: burning, sharp, aching, throbbing, prickly
◉ neuropathic pain is (describe its characteristics)
Answer: numbing, hot-burning, stabbing, sharp, electric shock like
◉ t/f pain is expected with age
Answer: f
◉ t/f
pain can exist even when no physical cause can be found
Answer: true
◉ what is idiopathic pain
Answer: no identifiable etiology
◉ What is the numerical pain rating scale?
Answer: 0-no pain
1-3- mild pain
4-5-moderate pain
7-10-severe pain
, ◉ when trying to assess a pts pain, it is important that you use what
tools and consider what influences in relation to the assessment
tools?
Answer: NRS (numerical rating scale)
Faces pain scale
**always consider your pt/ population
Is your patient able to communicate or understand numbers? Are
they able to see? etc.
◉ What is the mankoski pain scale?
Answer: a scale used to assess chronic pain
-it considers the pain level and how to effectively treat the pain
assesses how pain effects ADL's
◉ What is multimodal interventions?
Answer: using various forms of treatment
ex:
heating pads
