Test Bank Chapter 12: Drugs for Pain Management
Visovsky: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 10th
Edition Exam (Mobility Exams) A+ Graded 100%
Verified Latest Update 2025.
Terms in this set (17) QUESTIONS A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What types of drugs have the main purpose of relieving ANS: C
pain? a. Anticholinergics
b. Antagonists
c. Analgesics
d. Agonists
2. An adult patient has returned to the unit from an operative ANS: B
procedure. The healthcare provider asks you to rate a patient's
postoperative pain. What is your best response?
a. "He is asleep now, so his pain level is acceptable."
b. "I will ask the patient to rate his own pain."
c. "His wife says he can still feel the incision when he turns or
coughs."
, d. "Since he received 15 mg of morphine an hour ago, his pain
is probably minimal."
3. You are caring for a female patient who is paralyzed from ANS: A
the waist down and has a large open wound on her right heel.
When asked about her pain in that foot, she tells you it is a 0 on
a 0 to 10 pain rating scale. What does this response indicate?
a. The patient's paralysis prevents the patient's brain from
perceiving the pain.
b. The patient has chronic pain that does not trigger the stress
response.
c. The patient has demonstrated substance misuse behaviors
from taking pain drugs too often. d. The patient's acute pain has
been effectively managed by the prescribed pain drug.
4. A nursing student assigned to work with you asks you to ANS: A
explain why natural and synthetic opioids are considered "high-
alert drugs?" What is your best response?
a. "Opioids have an increased risk for causing a patient harm if
given in error." b. "Opioids have a relatively high potential for
addiction or abuse."
c. "There is wide variation in the dosages between opioid
types."
d. "High-alert drugs are those that can be given by a variety of
routes."
Visovsky: Introduction to Clinical Pharmacology, 10th
Edition Exam (Mobility Exams) A+ Graded 100%
Verified Latest Update 2025.
Terms in this set (17) QUESTIONS A+ VERIFIED ANSWERS
1. What types of drugs have the main purpose of relieving ANS: C
pain? a. Anticholinergics
b. Antagonists
c. Analgesics
d. Agonists
2. An adult patient has returned to the unit from an operative ANS: B
procedure. The healthcare provider asks you to rate a patient's
postoperative pain. What is your best response?
a. "He is asleep now, so his pain level is acceptable."
b. "I will ask the patient to rate his own pain."
c. "His wife says he can still feel the incision when he turns or
coughs."
, d. "Since he received 15 mg of morphine an hour ago, his pain
is probably minimal."
3. You are caring for a female patient who is paralyzed from ANS: A
the waist down and has a large open wound on her right heel.
When asked about her pain in that foot, she tells you it is a 0 on
a 0 to 10 pain rating scale. What does this response indicate?
a. The patient's paralysis prevents the patient's brain from
perceiving the pain.
b. The patient has chronic pain that does not trigger the stress
response.
c. The patient has demonstrated substance misuse behaviors
from taking pain drugs too often. d. The patient's acute pain has
been effectively managed by the prescribed pain drug.
4. A nursing student assigned to work with you asks you to ANS: A
explain why natural and synthetic opioids are considered "high-
alert drugs?" What is your best response?
a. "Opioids have an increased risk for causing a patient harm if
given in error." b. "Opioids have a relatively high potential for
addiction or abuse."
c. "There is wide variation in the dosages between opioid
types."
d. "High-alert drugs are those that can be given by a variety of
routes."
