Pain Management for Oregon Health Professionals

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You must score 70% or better to pass this course. Select one answer for each question by clicking the circle at the left of your choice. To change your selection, click a different circle. Do not skip any questions.


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1. Pain is considered one of the body's most important:

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2. The objective measurement of pain:

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

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4. Pain caused by tissue damage which produces stimuli that sends electrical 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, caregivers 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. Adjuvants are drugs that address:

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15. Most nonopioid analgesics are potent:

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

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

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

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19. Rhizotomy and cordotomy are:

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20. Which of the following is not considered a complementary/alternative healing practice?

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

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22. By what age is a child afraid of strangers?

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

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24. The most commonly measured variable of pain in hospitalized children is:

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25. Continuous infusion analgesia in children:

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26. A nonverbal behavior that may indicate little or no pain in an older adult is:

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

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28. 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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29. Addiction is characterized by all but one of the following behaviors. Select the behavior that is not characteristic of drug dependent individuals.

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30. Migraine headaches are believed to occur because of:

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31. Brain tumors in adults cause headaches because they:

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32. Cancer pain:

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

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34. The goal of palliative care is to:

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35. The Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 requires healthcare institutions receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding to inform clients about:

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

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

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38. An ethical dilemma requires a choice between:

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

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

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