Pain Exam verified questions and correct answers

Definition of pain - correct answer Whatever the patient says it is, whenever they say it exists Nociceptive pain - correct answer Damage to the somatic or visceral tissue that activates peripheral nociceptors Somatic Pain - correct answer Damage to body tissues (bones, joints, muscles, skin, or connective tissue) that is well-localized Somatic pain descriptors - correct answer Deep, aching, throbbing, sharp Visceral Pain - correct answer Poorly localized pain resulting from stimuli such as stretch, compression, or ischemia of internal organs or organ coverings Visceral pain descriptors - correct answer Deep aching, cramping, pressure Neuropathic pain - correct answer Damage to the peripheral nerves or CNS that results in abnormal processing of stimuli Neuropathic pain descriptors - correct answer Numbing, burning, shooting, stabbing, itchy, shock-like Chronic pain - correct answer > 3 mos or past time when acute pain/injury should subside What is presence of severe post-surgical pain highly correlated with? - correct answer Risk of chronic pain Is sleep an indicator of a pt being pain free? - correct answer No, you may have to wake the pt to give analgesia