NUR 355 EXAM 2: PAIN AND PAIN MANAGEMENT
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS//
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What is acute pain?
Short-term, self-limiting, stops after injury heals
What is chronic pain?
Pain continues for 6 months or longer, with or without any obvious link to
tissue injury
What is allodynia?
painful response to a normally non-painful stimulus
What is hyperalgesia?
Exaggerated response to already painful stimuli
_______ pain disrupts normal activities and has an unpredictable course.
Chronic
What are some examples of chronic pain?
Migraines, lower-back pain, peripheral neuropathy
What are some examples of acute pain?
trauma, myalgia following exercise, post-operative pain
What is breakthrough pain?
, Sudden, short periods, and is not relieved by their normal pain
management
What is chronic malignant pain?
Rapidly dividing cells associated with cancer invade and distort bone and
other tissues, causing severe pain
What is nociceptive pain?
pain response due to injury to tissues
What is somatic pain?
originating from muscle, bone, and joints
What are the characteristics of somatic pain?
Cramping, crushing, stabbing, sore, spasm, dull, achy, and easier to
localize
What are examples of somatic pain?
arthritis, overuse injuries, degenerative disc disease
What is visceral pain?
Pain originates in the organs
What are the characteristics of visceral pain?
Deep aching, squeezing, pressure, cramping
_________ pain is difficult to locate or describe and can caused referred
pain.
Visceral
What is neuropathic pain?
pain caused by damage to a nerve
What are the characteristics of neuropathic pain?
Shooting, stinging, "pins and needles", lack of sensation
NEWEST UPDATED ACTUAL WITH COMPLETE
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS//
VERIFIED/GRADED A+/
What is acute pain?
Short-term, self-limiting, stops after injury heals
What is chronic pain?
Pain continues for 6 months or longer, with or without any obvious link to
tissue injury
What is allodynia?
painful response to a normally non-painful stimulus
What is hyperalgesia?
Exaggerated response to already painful stimuli
_______ pain disrupts normal activities and has an unpredictable course.
Chronic
What are some examples of chronic pain?
Migraines, lower-back pain, peripheral neuropathy
What are some examples of acute pain?
trauma, myalgia following exercise, post-operative pain
What is breakthrough pain?
, Sudden, short periods, and is not relieved by their normal pain
management
What is chronic malignant pain?
Rapidly dividing cells associated with cancer invade and distort bone and
other tissues, causing severe pain
What is nociceptive pain?
pain response due to injury to tissues
What is somatic pain?
originating from muscle, bone, and joints
What are the characteristics of somatic pain?
Cramping, crushing, stabbing, sore, spasm, dull, achy, and easier to
localize
What are examples of somatic pain?
arthritis, overuse injuries, degenerative disc disease
What is visceral pain?
Pain originates in the organs
What are the characteristics of visceral pain?
Deep aching, squeezing, pressure, cramping
_________ pain is difficult to locate or describe and can caused referred
pain.
Visceral
What is neuropathic pain?
pain caused by damage to a nerve
What are the characteristics of neuropathic pain?
Shooting, stinging, "pins and needles", lack of sensation
