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1. A client presents to the ED with pain in the
Acute
upper right quadrant that worsens after
eating. The client describes the pain as
sharp, stabbing, and at times very intense.
This is a description of which type of pain?
2. A client just underwent a left below-the-knee amputa- phantom
tion (BKA). The client now reports pain in the
missing left foot. What type of pain is the
client describing?
3. A client presents to the health care clinic with Acute Pain related to sore
reports of two-day history of sore throat pain, throat
ear pressure, fever, and stiff neck. The client
states they have taken Tylenol and lozenges
without relief. Which nursing diagnosis can be
confirmed by this data?
"There's a very minimal
4. Recently, lung cancer has metastasized to the
bones
of a 68-year-old client, precipitating a sudden increase risk of
addiction, and con-
in his pain. The client's wife and daughter one that
are con- cerned about the consequent increase best
in the amount of hydromorphone the client represents
requires, citing the risk of addiction. How the pain he
can the nurse best respond to the family's is
concern? experiencin
g. This is an
5. A nurse is caring for a 4-year-old client who is example of
crying and appears to be in pain. The nurse which of
begins to assess the pain by showing pictures the
on a chart and asking the client to point to the following:
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trolling his pain is our first concern."
FACES scale
6. A young client is experiencing pain and uses the FACES Lack of
sleep
scale to rate it. The client points to the picture that sig- Lack of
appetite
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nifies "Hurts whole lot." Other expected assessment
Depression
findings for this client with this level of pain would be Anxiety
which of the following? (Check all that apply.)
7. A client is experiencing acute pain and has 12. In
asked the nurse for medication. The client preparing
rates the pain as an 8 on a scale of 0 to 10. a care plan
During assessment, a physiologi- cal response for a client
from the client that the nurse can expect is: receiving
opioid
8. A nursing instructor is teaching students analgesics,
about the pain experience. The instructor the nurse
informs the students that a client selects
experiencing pain will have a stress re- which of
sponse. The students are aware that this the
stress re- sponse causes the following: following as
9. The client with a cognitive impairment
sometimes cannot rate pain on a scale of 0 to
10. In such a case, the nurse is aware of other
cues to assess the client's pain. Which of the
following is correct?
10. The nurse is caring for a 4-week-old
postoperative client. The most appropriate
pain assessment tool would be the:
11. A client with an amputated arm tells a nurse
that sometimes he experiences throbbing pain
or a burn- ing sensation in the amputated arm.
What kind of pain is the client experiencing?
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Diaphoresis
Release of epinephrine, cortisol, and norepineph- rine
Restlessness, guarding
Face, Legs, Activity, Cry, Consolability Scale
Neuropathic pain
Constipation
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