EDAPT NCLEX Readiness: Pharmacology Review (Part 7) –
High-Yield Pain Management Exam Verified Questions
provided with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
The nurse is caring for a client who was in a car accident and suffered a broken leg from a crush
injury. The client had a cast placed and is in the orthopedic office for a follow-up appointment.
The client requests a prescription for oxycodone for pain. The nurse should prioritize reporting
to the healthcare provider that the client __________.
Has a history of opioid use disorder
The nurse is caring for a client with chronic back pain. What should be the priority goal?
Administer the smallest dose of pain medication to provide relief with the fewest side effects.
For each client, click to indicate if the nurse should anticipate the healthcare provider will
prescribe an opioid or nonopioid analgesic.
Opioid Analgesic:
▸ Client with kidney stone pain
▸ Client with a significant burn injury
Nonopioid Analgesic:
▸ Client with arthritis pain
▸ Client with a sprained ankle
For each client, click to indicate which pain scale the nurse should use to assess the client's pain.
Faces Pain Scale:
▸ 5-year-old child post-tonsillectomy
FLACC Scale:
▸ 4-month-old infant hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus
Numerical Rating Scale:
▸ 17-year-old client hospitalized for appendicitis
▸ 48-year-old client hospitalized for pancreatitis
Adult Nonverbal Pain Scale:
▸ 76-year-old client with late-stage dementia
, The nurse is caring for a client with an order for morphine sulfate 7 mg intravenous (IV) every 4
hours as needed (PRN). Available is morphine sulfate 10 mg/mL. Which action(s) should the
nurse take when preparing and administering the morphine sulfate? Select all that apply.
▸ Ask another nurse to witness wasting of the morphine sulfate.
▸ Ask another nurse to verify accurate preparation of the morphine sulfate.
▸ Ask another nurse to verify removal of the morphine sulfate from the medication dispensing
system.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record when retrieving the
medication from the medication distribution system.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record when preparing the
medication.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record prior to administering
the medication to the client at the bedside.
The nurse is educating a client about taking naproxen for arthritis pain. Drag the information the
nurse should include to the boxes on the right.
▸ Take naproxen with a full glass of water or food.
▸ Report easy bruising to the healthcare provider.
▸ Report tarry stools to the healthcare provider.
The nurse is caring for a client after abdominal surgery. Review the client's electronic medical
record. The time is 1600. The client reports a pain goal of 2 and a pain score of 6 out of 10 on
the numerical rating scale.
Which action should the nurse take?
Notify the healthcare provider
The nurse is caring for a client experiencing pain after a surgical procedure. Review the client's
electronic health record. The time is 1000 and the client requests acetaminophen. Select 2
times the nurse must assess the client's pain.
▸ 1000
▸ 1030
The nurse is caring for a client with an order for morphine sulfate 7 mg intravenous (IV) every 4
hours as needed (PRN). Available is morphine sulfate 10 mg/mL. How many milliliters should
the nurse administer?
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High-Yield Pain Management Exam Verified Questions
provided with A+ Graded Rationales Latest Updated 2026
The nurse is caring for a client who was in a car accident and suffered a broken leg from a crush
injury. The client had a cast placed and is in the orthopedic office for a follow-up appointment.
The client requests a prescription for oxycodone for pain. The nurse should prioritize reporting
to the healthcare provider that the client __________.
Has a history of opioid use disorder
The nurse is caring for a client with chronic back pain. What should be the priority goal?
Administer the smallest dose of pain medication to provide relief with the fewest side effects.
For each client, click to indicate if the nurse should anticipate the healthcare provider will
prescribe an opioid or nonopioid analgesic.
Opioid Analgesic:
▸ Client with kidney stone pain
▸ Client with a significant burn injury
Nonopioid Analgesic:
▸ Client with arthritis pain
▸ Client with a sprained ankle
For each client, click to indicate which pain scale the nurse should use to assess the client's pain.
Faces Pain Scale:
▸ 5-year-old child post-tonsillectomy
FLACC Scale:
▸ 4-month-old infant hospitalized for respiratory syncytial virus
Numerical Rating Scale:
▸ 17-year-old client hospitalized for appendicitis
▸ 48-year-old client hospitalized for pancreatitis
Adult Nonverbal Pain Scale:
▸ 76-year-old client with late-stage dementia
, The nurse is caring for a client with an order for morphine sulfate 7 mg intravenous (IV) every 4
hours as needed (PRN). Available is morphine sulfate 10 mg/mL. Which action(s) should the
nurse take when preparing and administering the morphine sulfate? Select all that apply.
▸ Ask another nurse to witness wasting of the morphine sulfate.
▸ Ask another nurse to verify accurate preparation of the morphine sulfate.
▸ Ask another nurse to verify removal of the morphine sulfate from the medication dispensing
system.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record when retrieving the
medication from the medication distribution system.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record when preparing the
medication.
▸ Compare the medication label to the medication administration record prior to administering
the medication to the client at the bedside.
The nurse is educating a client about taking naproxen for arthritis pain. Drag the information the
nurse should include to the boxes on the right.
▸ Take naproxen with a full glass of water or food.
▸ Report easy bruising to the healthcare provider.
▸ Report tarry stools to the healthcare provider.
The nurse is caring for a client after abdominal surgery. Review the client's electronic medical
record. The time is 1600. The client reports a pain goal of 2 and a pain score of 6 out of 10 on
the numerical rating scale.
Which action should the nurse take?
Notify the healthcare provider
The nurse is caring for a client experiencing pain after a surgical procedure. Review the client's
electronic health record. The time is 1000 and the client requests acetaminophen. Select 2
times the nurse must assess the client's pain.
▸ 1000
▸ 1030
The nurse is caring for a client with an order for morphine sulfate 7 mg intravenous (IV) every 4
hours as needed (PRN). Available is morphine sulfate 10 mg/mL. How many milliliters should
the nurse administer?
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