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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
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How do nurses assess a patient's pain?
a. By assessing physiologic changes of the
patient
b. By understanding the sensory experience
related to the amount of tissue damage
c. By the patient's medical diagnosis or surgical
procedure
d. By asking the patient to rate the pain being
experienced
ANS: D
,Reasoning:
A The pain perceived is unrelated to the
physiologic changes of the patient.
B Although pain occurs when tissues are
damaged, there is no correlation between the
amount of tissue damage and the degree and
intensity of pain experienced.
C There is no correlation between pain
perceived and a medical diagnosis or surgical
procedure.
D Pain is whatever the patient says it is. One
person cannot judge the perception or meaning
of pain of another person.
We have an expert-written solution to this
problem!
, The nurse notes in the patient's history that the
patient has persistent, malignant pain. What is
the meaning of this type of pain?
a. The pain has been present for at least 2
weeks.
b. The pain began after recent surgery and is
associated with healing incisions.
c. The pain has been present for 6 or more
months.
d. The pain has been present since surgery to
remove cancer.
ANS: C
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QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
ALREADY RATED A+
How do nurses assess a patient's pain?
a. By assessing physiologic changes of the
patient
b. By understanding the sensory experience
related to the amount of tissue damage
c. By the patient's medical diagnosis or surgical
procedure
d. By asking the patient to rate the pain being
experienced
ANS: D
,Reasoning:
A The pain perceived is unrelated to the
physiologic changes of the patient.
B Although pain occurs when tissues are
damaged, there is no correlation between the
amount of tissue damage and the degree and
intensity of pain experienced.
C There is no correlation between pain
perceived and a medical diagnosis or surgical
procedure.
D Pain is whatever the patient says it is. One
person cannot judge the perception or meaning
of pain of another person.
We have an expert-written solution to this
problem!
, The nurse notes in the patient's history that the
patient has persistent, malignant pain. What is
the meaning of this type of pain?
a. The pain has been present for at least 2
weeks.
b. The pain began after recent surgery and is
associated with healing incisions.
c. The pain has been present for 6 or more
months.
d. The pain has been present since surgery to
remove cancer.
ANS: C
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