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Pain Management
Assessment and Patient Care for Nurses and Other Healthcare Professionals

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  • You must score 70% or better to pass this test.
  • Select one answer for each question.
  • Review your selections before submitting the test for grading.
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1. Which statement bestdescribes the experience of pain?

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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?

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3. Which part of the cerebral cortex receives pain-related nerve impulses?

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4. Which statement is truewhen observing behavior during a pain assessment?

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5. Which action is a barrierto accurately assessing a patient’s pain?

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6. For which reason are adjuvant drugs used?

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7. Which route of analgesic administration gives a constant opioid blood level when other methods are ineffective?

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8. Which is the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana that is responsible for intoxication?

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9. Which evidenced-based practice uses pressure to adjust and correct alignment for treatment of musculoskeletal pain?

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10. Who is the most important member of the interdisciplinary pain management team?

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11. When educating patients who have been prescribed opioids, which instruction does the nurse provide?

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12. Which goal would be eliminated in the physical therapy pain management plan?

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13. Which statement is a part of the 2022 CDC guidelines for prescribing opioids?

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14. Which action is recommended to address drug diversion behavior in a healthcare coworker?

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15. Which treatment option is considered when patients are experiencing refractory pain, severe terminal dyspnea, agitated delirium, and convulsions at the end life?

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16. Which ethical principle is being honored when accepting a patient’s decision to refuse a medication that the clinician has recommended?


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