PHYSICAL ASSESSMENT FINAL PAPER 2026
COMPLETE RESPONSE SET GRADED A+
◉ nociceptive pain. Answer: pain which is activated by chemical
substances, tissue damage, and extreme temp and pressure chagnes
nerve receptors detecting harmful stimuli
◉ neuropathic pain. Answer: nerve pain that arises form the
somatosensory system
damage or dysfunction of any level of nervous system
◉ cancer pain. Answer: pain related to disease such as cancer -
tumor pain, bone pain, treatment-associated pain
◉ 3 categories that form the expereince of pain. Answer:
psychological, biological, social
◉ psychological pain. Answer: emotional or mental pain
,◉ psychosomatic/psychogenic pain. Answer: psychological pain
becomes physical
◉ inflammatory pain. Answer: two aspects-inflammatory and
immune responses accompanying and causing both nociceptive and
neurologic pain and inflammatory pain sydromes
◉ somatic pain. Answer: stimuli in tissues activates nerve receptors
and produces senation of pain
◉ radicular pain. Answer: generated by stimuli at nerve root at
connection to spinal nerves
◉ phantom pain. Answer: pain in part of body that has been
removed
◉ central pain. Answer: spinal cord, brain injury, stroke, multiple
sclerosis
◉ idiopathic pain. Answer: form of chronic pain without a known
cause, or pain that exceeds typical pain levels associated with the
client's conditions
, ◉ end-of-life pain considerations. Answer: legal - malpractice,
neglicence; ethical - beneficience, nonmaleficience, autonomy,
justice; moral - everyone has dif idea of right and wrong; endoflife -
all deserve care
◉ FACES pain scale. Answer: Used for children under 3 - actual faces
Visual pain rating scale - involves 6 faces
0 - smiling face and no hurt
2 - hurts a little bit
4 - hurts more
8 - hurts a whole lot
10 - crying and hurts worse
◉ Numeric pain scale. Answer: Numeric scale from 0-10
Slight mild pain is between 1 and 3
Moderate 4-7
Severe 8-10
◉ FLACC pain scale. Answer: Face - facial expression
Legs - leg movemenet
Activity - bvodily activitiyCry - cry or verbailization
COMPLETE RESPONSE SET GRADED A+
◉ nociceptive pain. Answer: pain which is activated by chemical
substances, tissue damage, and extreme temp and pressure chagnes
nerve receptors detecting harmful stimuli
◉ neuropathic pain. Answer: nerve pain that arises form the
somatosensory system
damage or dysfunction of any level of nervous system
◉ cancer pain. Answer: pain related to disease such as cancer -
tumor pain, bone pain, treatment-associated pain
◉ 3 categories that form the expereince of pain. Answer:
psychological, biological, social
◉ psychological pain. Answer: emotional or mental pain
,◉ psychosomatic/psychogenic pain. Answer: psychological pain
becomes physical
◉ inflammatory pain. Answer: two aspects-inflammatory and
immune responses accompanying and causing both nociceptive and
neurologic pain and inflammatory pain sydromes
◉ somatic pain. Answer: stimuli in tissues activates nerve receptors
and produces senation of pain
◉ radicular pain. Answer: generated by stimuli at nerve root at
connection to spinal nerves
◉ phantom pain. Answer: pain in part of body that has been
removed
◉ central pain. Answer: spinal cord, brain injury, stroke, multiple
sclerosis
◉ idiopathic pain. Answer: form of chronic pain without a known
cause, or pain that exceeds typical pain levels associated with the
client's conditions
, ◉ end-of-life pain considerations. Answer: legal - malpractice,
neglicence; ethical - beneficience, nonmaleficience, autonomy,
justice; moral - everyone has dif idea of right and wrong; endoflife -
all deserve care
◉ FACES pain scale. Answer: Used for children under 3 - actual faces
Visual pain rating scale - involves 6 faces
0 - smiling face and no hurt
2 - hurts a little bit
4 - hurts more
8 - hurts a whole lot
10 - crying and hurts worse
◉ Numeric pain scale. Answer: Numeric scale from 0-10
Slight mild pain is between 1 and 3
Moderate 4-7
Severe 8-10
◉ FLACC pain scale. Answer: Face - facial expression
Legs - leg movemenet
Activity - bvodily activitiyCry - cry or verbailization
