Question 1
A patient is complaining of severe knee pain after twisting it during a basketball game and is requesting pain medication. Which action by the nurse is appropriate?
Question 2
The nurse is reviewing the principles of pain. Which type of pain is due to an abnormal processing of the pain impulse through the peripheral or central nervous system?
Question 3
When assessing the intensity of a patient’s pain, which question by the nurse is appropriate?
Question 4
When assessing a patient’s pain, the nurse records that the patient has visceral pain. Which condition would the patient have stated in order for the nurse document visceral pain?
Question 5
The nurse is reviewing the principles of nociception. During which phase of nociception does the conscious awareness of a painful sensation occur?