Health Assessment: Pain Assessment (Test Bank) Questions & Correct Answers/ Graded 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. 2 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 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