CH 34 COMFORT & PAIN MANAGEMENT
NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION VERIFIED RATIONALE
GRADED A+
1. 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.
a. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is.
b. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology. - ansb. Pain exists whenever
the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology.
2. One of the most common distinctions of pain is whether it is acute or chronic. Which examples
describe chronic pain? Select all that apply.
, CH 34 COMFORT & PAIN MANAGEMENT
NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION VERIFIED RATIONALE
GRADED A+
a. A patient is receiving chemotherapy for bladder cancer.
b. An adolescent is admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy.
c. A patient is experiencing a ruptured aneurysm.
d. A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain medication.
e. A patient has back pain related to an accident that occurred last year.
f. A patient is experiencing pain from second-degree burns. - ansa. A patient is receiving chemotherapy
for bladder cancer.
d. A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain medication.
e. A patient has back pain related to an accident that occurred last year.
3. A patient complains of abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The nurse documents this as which
type of pain?
a. Cutaneous
b. Visceral
c. Superficial
NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION VERIFIED RATIONALE
GRADED A+
1. 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.
a. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is.
b. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology. - ansb. Pain exists whenever
the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology.
2. One of the most common distinctions of pain is whether it is acute or chronic. Which examples
describe chronic pain? Select all that apply.
, CH 34 COMFORT & PAIN MANAGEMENT
NCLEX PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
LATEST VERSION VERIFIED RATIONALE
GRADED A+
a. A patient is receiving chemotherapy for bladder cancer.
b. An adolescent is admitted to the hospital for an appendectomy.
c. A patient is experiencing a ruptured aneurysm.
d. A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain medication.
e. A patient has back pain related to an accident that occurred last year.
f. A patient is experiencing pain from second-degree burns. - ansa. A patient is receiving chemotherapy
for bladder cancer.
d. A patient who has fibromyalgia requests pain medication.
e. A patient has back pain related to an accident that occurred last year.
3. A patient complains of abdominal pain that is difficult to localize. The nurse documents this as which
type of pain?
a. Cutaneous
b. Visceral
c. Superficial
