Take the Test

1. Which statement best describes the experience of pain?

• a. Pain and the detection of painful stimuli are the same phenomena.
• b. Pain does not have an adaptive role.
• c. An individual who does not express pain is not experiencing pain.
• d. Pain is always a personal experience.

2. Which term is used to describe pain that results when tissue damage produces a stimulus that sends an electrical impulse across a pain receptor?

• a. Psychogenic
• b. Nociceptor
• c. Neuropathic
• d. Idiopathic

3. Which statement is true when observing behavior during a pain assessment?

• a. A patient who is polite, calm, and smiling is not experiencing pain.
• b. A patient reporting a pain level of 6 to 9 but who is not showing verbal or nonverbal indications of pain is not experiencing pain.
• c. Most patients who are experiencing pain usually show it by either verbal or nonverbal behaviors.
• d. Disorientation and irritability always indicate the patient is experiencing pain.

4. Which statement is true involving the assessment of pain?

• a. Nonverbal indicators of pain do not include mental status changes.
• b. A pain assessment does not include the patient’s psychosocial history.
• c. Diagnostic testing may be done to determine the cause or source of pain.
• d. There are no diagnostic tests that can assist in the assessment of pain.

5. For which reason are adjuvant drugs used?

• a. Enhancing analgesic effects
• b. Treating central nervous system pain
• c. Addressing pain caused by primary tissue damage
• d. Reducing addiction to prescription opioids

6. Which is a mind-body technique for pain management in which the patient learns to bring blood pressure or skin temperature under voluntary control?

• a. Biofeedback
• b. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
• c. Hypnosis
• d. Virtual reality therapy

7. Which is not a nursing function included in managing pain?

• a. Assessing, monitoring, interpreting, and evaluating pain
• b. Discontinuing pain management if the patient becomes unresponsive
• c. Developing and implementing a plan of care
• d. Initiating nonpharmacologic nursing interventions as indicated

8. Which information is included when teaching a patient and family about the use of naloxone for a drug overdose?

• a. Naloxone is effective for treating overdoses due to cocaine and amphetamines.
• b. It is never safe to administer naloxone to pregnant women.
• c. There are no known side effects from naloxone use.
• d. Both intranasal spray and parenteral forms of the drug are available.