Chapter 11 Multiple Choice Questions

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. The most essential step in providing pain management for an individual is a:

written plan of care correct incorrect

comprehensive health history correct incorrect

familiarity with prescription medications often used for pain control correct incorrect

comprehensive pain assessment correct incorrect

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. A comprehensive pain assessment includes:

type of pain correct incorrect

duration of pain correct incorrect

past and current medications correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect

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. Which of the following are potential barriers to pain assessment?

client education correct incorrect

language and culture correct incorrect

site and duration of pain correct incorrect

diet and exercise correct incorrect

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. Which of the following scales is appropriate to measure pain in a 3-year-old child?

a faces-of-pain scale illustrating happy through to crying correct incorrect

a linear scale with printed words describing pain correct incorrect

a verbal scale with words describing pain correct incorrect

linear scale marked 1 through 10 correct incorrect

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. Andrew's management of pain from his amputation is likely to have involved:

being less aware of his pain correct incorrect

new sensory feedback from the stump closing the gate on the pain correct incorrect

his brain has learnt what the signals from the nerve cells in his leg mean correct incorrect

all of the above correct incorrect