ADVANCED HEALTH ASSESSMENT AND
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE
7TH EDITION EXAMPREP FULLY SOLVED
BUNDLE 2026
⩥ 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.. Answer:
ANS: C
Feedback:
A This time frame is too short. Chronic pain may be intermittent or
continuous pain lasting more than 6 months.
B This is a description of acute pain rather than chronic.
C This is the definition of persistent or chronic pain.
D Surgery to remove malignant tissue does not necessarily equate to
malignant pain.
, ⩥ A patient has had chronic back pain for several years. On assessment,
the nurse notes that the patient sits quietly in a chair, reads a book, talks
with a companion, and does not appear to be in pain. When questioned,
the patient rates the pain as a 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. How does the nurse
interpret these data?
a. Many patients cannot be believed when they complain of severe pain
lasting many months.
b. Patients may not have the same objective responses to chronic pain
because of compensation over time.
c. The patient probably has already taken a very effective pain
medication.
d. This patient is probably not having as much pain as reported initially,
and more assessment is required.. Answer: ANS: B
Feedback:
A Pain is whatever the patient says it is. Patients with chronic pain adapt
to the pain and have more subtle manifestations than patients with acute
pain.
B Clinical manifestations of chronic pain are not those of physiologic
stress because the patient adapts to the pain.
C Patients with chronic pain adapt to the pain and have more subtle
manifestations than patients with acute pain despite the effects of pain
medication.
CLINICAL DIAGNOSIS IN PRIMARY CARE
7TH EDITION EXAMPREP FULLY SOLVED
BUNDLE 2026
⩥ 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.. Answer:
ANS: C
Feedback:
A This time frame is too short. Chronic pain may be intermittent or
continuous pain lasting more than 6 months.
B This is a description of acute pain rather than chronic.
C This is the definition of persistent or chronic pain.
D Surgery to remove malignant tissue does not necessarily equate to
malignant pain.
, ⩥ A patient has had chronic back pain for several years. On assessment,
the nurse notes that the patient sits quietly in a chair, reads a book, talks
with a companion, and does not appear to be in pain. When questioned,
the patient rates the pain as a 6 on a scale of 0 to 10. How does the nurse
interpret these data?
a. Many patients cannot be believed when they complain of severe pain
lasting many months.
b. Patients may not have the same objective responses to chronic pain
because of compensation over time.
c. The patient probably has already taken a very effective pain
medication.
d. This patient is probably not having as much pain as reported initially,
and more assessment is required.. Answer: ANS: B
Feedback:
A Pain is whatever the patient says it is. Patients with chronic pain adapt
to the pain and have more subtle manifestations than patients with acute
pain.
B Clinical manifestations of chronic pain are not those of physiologic
stress because the patient adapts to the pain.
C Patients with chronic pain adapt to the pain and have more subtle
manifestations than patients with acute pain despite the effects of pain
medication.
