pain management nursing certification exam questions with answers

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nociceptive pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pain from noxious
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stimuli


somatic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔originating from muscle,
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bone, joints, tendons, or blood vessels, well localized, "aching,
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stabbing, throbbing" |\




visceral pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔a poorly localized, dull, or
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diffuse pain that arises from the abdominal organs, or viscera,
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"dull or colicky"
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neuropathic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pain from damage to
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neurons of either the peripheral or central nervous system-
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"sharp/burning"
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idiopathic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔chronic pain in the
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absence of an identifiable physical or psychological cause or pain
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perceived as excessive for the extent of an organic pathological
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condition


central neuropathic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔begins at any
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point along the CNS
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, peripheral neuropathic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔created at
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the level of a nerve ending or along the nerve course to the root
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itself


acute pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pain that is felt suddenly
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from injury, disease, trauma, or surgery, 0-7 days in duration
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acute pain symptoms - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔tachycardia,
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hypertension, sweating, vasoconstriction |\ |\




chronic pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔episode of pain that lasts
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for 3 months or longer; may be intermittent or continuous
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focus of chronic pain treatment - CORRECT ANSWERS
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✔✔elimination or reduction |\ |\




spinal T cells - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔carriers of peripheral
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afferent nerve signals to the spinal cord
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action system - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔occurs when spinal T
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cells reach critical level, allows the body to exert behaviors of
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pain


four causes of cancer pain - CORRECT ANSWERS ✔✔pain r/t
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cancer, pain indirectly related to cancer, incidental pain,
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treatment-related pain |\