Oregon: Pain and Pain Management

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1. Pain is considered one of the most important:

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2. The objective measurement of pain:

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3. All but one of the following is true about acute pain. Select the untrue characteristic.

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4. Pain that results when tissue damage produces stimuli sent as electric impulses by way of nerve fibers to the central nervous system is called:

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5. Typically, when tissue is damaged it releases:

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6. The experience of pain involves a sequence of five biochemical and electrical processes. The one in which the person becomes aware of pain is:

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7. The significance of the gate-control theory is that it helps explain how:

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8. When caring for people in pain, nurses should consider all but one of the following factors. Select the least important factor.

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9. The Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations:

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10. The American Academy of Pediatrics policy statement regarding pain management makes all but one of the following recommendations. Select the one not recommended.

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11. The primary source of information about pain is the:

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12. A pain history interview includes questions about all of the following issues except one. Select the issue that is not included in a pain history.

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13. The two primary diagnoses for pain identified by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association (NANDA) are:

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14. Select the one "traditional" healing practice.

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15. Adjuvants are drugs that address:

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16. Most nonopioid analgesics are potent:

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17. In general, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs):

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18. Opioid analgesics that bind to μ receptor sites and block pain impulses are:

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19. Many adverse symptoms of opioids are due to their effect on:

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20. A need to increase opioid dosages for reasons other than the physical adaptation of continuous use is called:

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21. A placebo violates the ethical principles of honesty because it:

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22. Cognitive-behavioral interventions are used for all of the following reasons except one. Select the incorrect reason.

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23. Rhizotomy and cordotomy are:

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24. Evaluation is a critical phase of nursing care because it tells us:

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25. The ethical perspective that considers the end result of an act, such as relieving pain regardless of risk, is called:

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26. When the nurse accepts a client's decision to refuse a pain-relieving intervention, the nurse is honoring the ethical principle of:

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27. An ethical dilemma requires a choice between:

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28. The American Nurses Association Code of Ethics states that the nurse's primary commitment is to the:

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29. The International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics says nurses have four fundamental responsibilities. Select the responsibility not included in their list:

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30. The critical issue affecting schedule C-I to C-V drugs is their:

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31. Drugs for which there is no approved medical use are classified as schedule:

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32. States have a constitutionally derived right to create laws concerning the manufacture and distribution of drugs because of the:

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33. The generic name for tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) is:

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34. Oregon's medical marijuana act:

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35. The age group of children in whom imagination merges with the real world is:

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36. Vital signs are not reliable indicators of pain in children because:

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37. The most commonly measured variable of pain is:

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38. Continuous infusion analgesia:

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39. Failure to thrive may result when infants lack sufficient:

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40. Barriers to effective pain management in older adults include all but one of the following. Select the one that is not a barrier.

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41. A nonverbal behavior that indicates little or no pain in an older adult is:

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42. Old-old adults are described as:

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43. The adverse effects of analgesics are of specific concern in older adults because of:

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44. JCAHO recommends all but one of the following actions should be taken when healthcare providers care for seniors. Select the inappropriate action.

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45. Addiction is characterized by all but one of the following behaviors. Select the one noncharacteristic behavior of drug dependency.

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46. Migraine headaches are believed to occur because of:

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47. Brain tumors in adults cause headaches because they:

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48. Cancer pain:

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49. The percent of pain experienced by cancer clients due to treatment is:

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50. Treatment modalities for cancer include all but one of the following. Select the nontherapeutic intervention for cancer.

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51. The American Pain Society recommends the use of placebos to treat pain:

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52. The goal of palliative care is to:

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53. Partnership for Care recommends the following advance healthcare directive(s):