Health Assessment Exam 2 Questions and Answers Latest
Question 1
Which question would best assess the quality of the patient's pain?
Correct Answer
What does your pain feel like?
Question 2
Which of the following conditions is an example of visceral pain?
Correct Answer
Cholecystitis
Question 3
Which of the following is an example of acute pain?
Correct Answer
Kidney stones
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,Question 4
Which statement indicates that the health care giver understands the pain experience in the elderly?
Correct Answer
"Pain indicates pathology or injury and is not a normal process of aging."
Question 5
Which type of pain is due to an abnormal processing of the pain impulse through the peripheral or central nervous
system?
Correct Answer
Neuropathic pain
Question 6
A 4-year-old is brought to the emergency department by his mother. She says he points to his stomach and says, "It hurts
so bad." Which pain assessment tool would be the best choice when assessing this child's pain?
Correct Answer
The Wong-Baker FACES Scale
Question 7
Which of the following is considered the most reliable indicator of pain?
Correct Answer
The subjective report
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, Question 8
Your patient states that the pain medication is "not working" and rates his postoperative pain at a 10 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Which of the following assessment findings indicates an acute pain response to poorly controlled pain?
Correct Answer
Increased blood pressure and pulse
Question 9
A 60-year-old female has developed reflexive sympathetic dystrophy following arthroscopic repair of her shoulder. A key
feature of this condition is that:
Correct Answer
the slightest touch, such as a sleeve brushing against her arm, causes severe, intense pain.
Question 10
Your patient has had arthritic pain in her hips for several years since a hip fracture. She is able to move around in her room
and has not offered any complaints so far this morning. However, when asked, she states that her pain is "bad this
morning" and rates it at an 8 on a 1 to 10 scale. What do you suspect?
Correct Answer
She has experienced chronic pain for years and has adapted to it.
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Question 1
Which question would best assess the quality of the patient's pain?
Correct Answer
What does your pain feel like?
Question 2
Which of the following conditions is an example of visceral pain?
Correct Answer
Cholecystitis
Question 3
Which of the following is an example of acute pain?
Correct Answer
Kidney stones
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,Question 4
Which statement indicates that the health care giver understands the pain experience in the elderly?
Correct Answer
"Pain indicates pathology or injury and is not a normal process of aging."
Question 5
Which type of pain is due to an abnormal processing of the pain impulse through the peripheral or central nervous
system?
Correct Answer
Neuropathic pain
Question 6
A 4-year-old is brought to the emergency department by his mother. She says he points to his stomach and says, "It hurts
so bad." Which pain assessment tool would be the best choice when assessing this child's pain?
Correct Answer
The Wong-Baker FACES Scale
Question 7
Which of the following is considered the most reliable indicator of pain?
Correct Answer
The subjective report
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, Question 8
Your patient states that the pain medication is "not working" and rates his postoperative pain at a 10 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Which of the following assessment findings indicates an acute pain response to poorly controlled pain?
Correct Answer
Increased blood pressure and pulse
Question 9
A 60-year-old female has developed reflexive sympathetic dystrophy following arthroscopic repair of her shoulder. A key
feature of this condition is that:
Correct Answer
the slightest touch, such as a sleeve brushing against her arm, causes severe, intense pain.
Question 10
Your patient has had arthritic pain in her hips for several years since a hip fracture. She is able to move around in her room
and has not offered any complaints so far this morning. However, when asked, she states that her pain is "bad this
morning" and rates it at an 8 on a 1 to 10 scale. What do you suspect?
Correct Answer
She has experienced chronic pain for years and has adapted to it.
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