NUR 120 Pain Questions with 100%
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A patient recovering from a stroke complains of pain. The nurse suspects this
patient is most likely experiencing which type of pain?
Nociceptive
Neuropathic
Somatic
Idiopathic Correct Answer: Neuropathic
Neuropathic pain can occur from central nervous system brain injury caused by
a stroke. Nociceptive pain is caused by tissue damage. Somatic pain is another
term used for nociceptive pain. Idiopathic pain does not have an identified
cause.
A patient is reporting pain and rates it as 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. When the nurse
asks him to decribe the pain, he states, "It feels like a knife is stabbing or cutting
me." The nurse knows that this type of pain is conducted by which fibers?
C fibers
A-delta fibers
,AC fibers
P fibers Correct Answer: A-delta fibers
A-delta fibers are myelinated and conduct impulses rapidly, resulting in pain
being described as sharp or stabbing. C fibers are unmyelinated and cause
pain that is achy and ongoing. There are no known AC or P fibers related to
pain.
When patients report pain, it is important to find the source. When patients
describe pain as "burning, painful numbness, or tingling," the source is more than
likely:
Visceral
Neuropathic
Somatic
Referred Correct Answer: Neuropathic
Visceral pain originates from abdominal organs and is often described as
crampy or gnawing. Somatic pain originates from the skin, muscles, bones, and
joints. Referred pain originates from a specific site, but the patient experiencing
the pain feels it at another site along the innervating spinal nerve. Neuropathic
pain is described as burning, painful numbness, or tingling.
, A nurse is administering prescribed medicine to a client who experienced acute
pain in the lower back after a motor vehicle accident. The client tells the nurse
that compared to the previous week, his pain had reduced considerably.
Which phase of pain is the client experiencing?
Transduction
Transmission
Perception
Modulation Correct Answer: Modulation
The client is in the modulation phase of pain, during which the brain interacts
with the spinal nerves in a downward fashion to subsequently alter the pain
experience. The client is not in the transduction, transmission, or perception
phase of pain. Transduction phase refers to the conversion of chemical
information at the cellular level into electrical impulses that move toward the
spinal cord. In transmission phase, the stimuli move from the peripheral nervous
system toward the brain, and the perception phase occurs when the pain
threshold is reached.
A nurse is caring for an athlete who was injured during a practice session. There
is visible skin impairment, and the client complains of throbbing pain in the leg.
What level of pain does the nurse document for this client?
Epidermis level
Correct Answers
A patient recovering from a stroke complains of pain. The nurse suspects this
patient is most likely experiencing which type of pain?
Nociceptive
Neuropathic
Somatic
Idiopathic Correct Answer: Neuropathic
Neuropathic pain can occur from central nervous system brain injury caused by
a stroke. Nociceptive pain is caused by tissue damage. Somatic pain is another
term used for nociceptive pain. Idiopathic pain does not have an identified
cause.
A patient is reporting pain and rates it as 7 on a scale of 1 to 10. When the nurse
asks him to decribe the pain, he states, "It feels like a knife is stabbing or cutting
me." The nurse knows that this type of pain is conducted by which fibers?
C fibers
A-delta fibers
,AC fibers
P fibers Correct Answer: A-delta fibers
A-delta fibers are myelinated and conduct impulses rapidly, resulting in pain
being described as sharp or stabbing. C fibers are unmyelinated and cause
pain that is achy and ongoing. There are no known AC or P fibers related to
pain.
When patients report pain, it is important to find the source. When patients
describe pain as "burning, painful numbness, or tingling," the source is more than
likely:
Visceral
Neuropathic
Somatic
Referred Correct Answer: Neuropathic
Visceral pain originates from abdominal organs and is often described as
crampy or gnawing. Somatic pain originates from the skin, muscles, bones, and
joints. Referred pain originates from a specific site, but the patient experiencing
the pain feels it at another site along the innervating spinal nerve. Neuropathic
pain is described as burning, painful numbness, or tingling.
, A nurse is administering prescribed medicine to a client who experienced acute
pain in the lower back after a motor vehicle accident. The client tells the nurse
that compared to the previous week, his pain had reduced considerably.
Which phase of pain is the client experiencing?
Transduction
Transmission
Perception
Modulation Correct Answer: Modulation
The client is in the modulation phase of pain, during which the brain interacts
with the spinal nerves in a downward fashion to subsequently alter the pain
experience. The client is not in the transduction, transmission, or perception
phase of pain. Transduction phase refers to the conversion of chemical
information at the cellular level into electrical impulses that move toward the
spinal cord. In transmission phase, the stimuli move from the peripheral nervous
system toward the brain, and the perception phase occurs when the pain
threshold is reached.
A nurse is caring for an athlete who was injured during a practice session. There
is visible skin impairment, and the client complains of throbbing pain in the leg.
What level of pain does the nurse document for this client?
Epidermis level
