NSG 533 Advanced Pharmacology Exam 2
NSG 533 Advanced Pharmacology Exam 2 – Pain
Management, Nociception, and Study Guide (2025–
2026).
pain the most common symptom prompting patients to visit primary care providers.
More than 80% of patients who visit physicians report pain. Often remains under
treated.
nociceptive pain pain from a normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as
painful. Explained by ongoing tissue injury.
thermal, mechanical and chemical nociceptors that engage "withdrawal" reflex
followed by inflammatory response to protect injured tissue
functional pain pain sensitivity due to an abnormal processing or function of the central nervous
system in response to normal stimuli
neruopathic pain Pain caused by lesions or other damage to the nervous system.
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy progressive deterioration of nerve function that results in loss of sensory
perception
acute pain is pain that occurs as a result of injury or surgery, under 3 months. Poorly treated
acute pain can cause psychological stress and compromise the immune system.
Somatic acute pain is an injury to skin, bone, joint, muscle and connective tissue.
Visceral pain involves injury to nerves on internal organs. Treat aggressively.
Examples: cut hand, menstrual cramps.
, chronic pain can be intermittent or persistent, more than 3 months. Main affects include a)
effects on physical function b) psychological changes c) social consequences and
d) societal consequences. Usually involving life threatening diseases such as
cancers, aids, progressive neurological diseases, end stage organ failure,
dementia. Management should be multimodal with cognitive interventions,
physical manipulations, pharmacological agents, surgical interventions, and
regional or spinal anesthesia.
NSG 533 Advanced Pharmacology Exam 2 – Pain
Management, Nociception, and Study Guide (2025–
2026).
pain the most common symptom prompting patients to visit primary care providers.
More than 80% of patients who visit physicians report pain. Often remains under
treated.
nociceptive pain pain from a normal process that results in noxious stimuli being perceived as
painful. Explained by ongoing tissue injury.
thermal, mechanical and chemical nociceptors that engage "withdrawal" reflex
followed by inflammatory response to protect injured tissue
functional pain pain sensitivity due to an abnormal processing or function of the central nervous
system in response to normal stimuli
neruopathic pain Pain caused by lesions or other damage to the nervous system.
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy progressive deterioration of nerve function that results in loss of sensory
perception
acute pain is pain that occurs as a result of injury or surgery, under 3 months. Poorly treated
acute pain can cause psychological stress and compromise the immune system.
Somatic acute pain is an injury to skin, bone, joint, muscle and connective tissue.
Visceral pain involves injury to nerves on internal organs. Treat aggressively.
Examples: cut hand, menstrual cramps.
, chronic pain can be intermittent or persistent, more than 3 months. Main affects include a)
effects on physical function b) psychological changes c) social consequences and
d) societal consequences. Usually involving life threatening diseases such as
cancers, aids, progressive neurological diseases, end stage organ failure,
dementia. Management should be multimodal with cognitive interventions,
physical manipulations, pharmacological agents, surgical interventions, and
regional or spinal anesthesia.
