1. Which statement about pain is accurate?
A. Psychogenic pain is just as real as pain associated with physiological disturbance
B. Administering analgesics regularly will lead to a client's drug dependence
C. Clients with minor illness have less pain than those with severe diseases
D. Clients with a history of drug or alcohol abuse tend to over resent to pain
2. Pain is:
A. easily measured and described
B. associated only with acute illness or desired status
C. rarely influenced by psychosocial and cultural factors
D. a protective mechanism or warning of tissue damage
3. Teaching a child about painful procedures is best achieved by:
A. early warning of the anticipated pain
B. avoiding explanations until pain is experienced
C. story telling about the up-coming procedure
D. relevant play directed toward procedure activities
4. Which statement about analgesic administration is correct?
A. The same dose of drug, when administered by a different route will produce the same level of analgesia
B. The best time to administer analgesics is after the patient has been active
C. More severe pain requires a greater amount of analgesic for relief
D. Narcotic injections provide longer, more sustained relief for clients with chronic pain
5. Which of the following is most likely to yield accurate information about the quality of patient's pain?
A. "Tell me, what your pain feels like."
B. "Would you describe your pain
B. "Would you describe your pain as radiating, acute or sharp?"
C. "Tell me, how would you rate your pain in a scale of 1 to 5"
D. "What events seemed to increase your pain?"
