NUR 170, MODULE 5, PAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How did Margo McCaffery define pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pain is what the person says it is.
What is pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unpleasant sensory/emotional, multidimensional experience
that can have destructive effects and warn of potential injury.
What is the origin of pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The site where pain is felt, which is not always the
actual site of the underlying injury.
What is cutaneous/superficial pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Generally involves the skin and
subcutaneous tissues. (ex: burns/abrasions).
What is visceral pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deep, non-localized, abdominal/cranium/thorax pain
that may present as tight/pressure/crampy. (ex. menstrual/labor/GI issues/organ cancers).
What is Somatic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Localized pain of ligaments/tendons/nerves/blood
vessels/bone that may be achy/tender. (ex. fracture/sprain/arthritis).
What is Radiating pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Begins in one location but extends to other locations.
(ex. sore throat may extend to ears and cause headache).
What is Referred pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Occurs in an area that is distant from the original site.
(ex. MI may be experienced in the left arm/jaw/shoulder blades/earache).
What is Phantom pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Originates from a body part that is no longer with the
body. (ex. amputation).
What is Psychogenic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Arises from the mind (anxiety/depression). (ex. pain
is perceived in the mind, but no physiological cause found in the body).
, What is Idiopathic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pain is real to the patient but there is no physiological
or psychological cause in the body.
What to Opioids effect in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All smooth muscles.
What is the primary purpose of the Pasero Opioid-induced Sedation Scale (POSS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To assess sedation levels when administering opioid medications to prevent adverse
respiratory events.
What is an "S" on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep, easy to arouse.
What is a 1 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Awake and alert.
What is a 2 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Slightly drowsy, easily aroused.
What is a 3 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Frequently drowsy, arousable, drifts off to sleep
in conversation.
What is a 4 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Somnolent, minimal or no response to verbal
and physical stimulation, may require narcan.
What is nociceptive pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Most common type of pain resulting from a response
to stimuli that are potentially damaging/injury to body tissues. (ex. trauma, surgery, or inflammation).
Where does visceral pain arise from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Internal organs.
Where does Somatic pain arise from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skin, muscles, bones (fractures),
connective tissue.
What characterizes neuropathic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A complex, chronic pain arising from
nerve injury that causes repeated pain signals even without painful stimuli.
How did Margo McCaffery define pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pain is what the person says it is.
What is pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Unpleasant sensory/emotional, multidimensional experience
that can have destructive effects and warn of potential injury.
What is the origin of pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅The site where pain is felt, which is not always the
actual site of the underlying injury.
What is cutaneous/superficial pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Generally involves the skin and
subcutaneous tissues. (ex: burns/abrasions).
What is visceral pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Deep, non-localized, abdominal/cranium/thorax pain
that may present as tight/pressure/crampy. (ex. menstrual/labor/GI issues/organ cancers).
What is Somatic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Localized pain of ligaments/tendons/nerves/blood
vessels/bone that may be achy/tender. (ex. fracture/sprain/arthritis).
What is Radiating pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Begins in one location but extends to other locations.
(ex. sore throat may extend to ears and cause headache).
What is Referred pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Occurs in an area that is distant from the original site.
(ex. MI may be experienced in the left arm/jaw/shoulder blades/earache).
What is Phantom pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Originates from a body part that is no longer with the
body. (ex. amputation).
What is Psychogenic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Arises from the mind (anxiety/depression). (ex. pain
is perceived in the mind, but no physiological cause found in the body).
, What is Idiopathic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Pain is real to the patient but there is no physiological
or psychological cause in the body.
What to Opioids effect in the body? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅All smooth muscles.
What is the primary purpose of the Pasero Opioid-induced Sedation Scale (POSS)? - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅To assess sedation levels when administering opioid medications to prevent adverse
respiratory events.
What is an "S" on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Sleep, easy to arouse.
What is a 1 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Awake and alert.
What is a 2 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Slightly drowsy, easily aroused.
What is a 3 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Frequently drowsy, arousable, drifts off to sleep
in conversation.
What is a 4 on the POSS scale? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Somnolent, minimal or no response to verbal
and physical stimulation, may require narcan.
What is nociceptive pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Most common type of pain resulting from a response
to stimuli that are potentially damaging/injury to body tissues. (ex. trauma, surgery, or inflammation).
Where does visceral pain arise from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Internal organs.
Where does Somatic pain arise from? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅Skin, muscles, bones (fractures),
connective tissue.
What characterizes neuropathic pain? - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅A complex, chronic pain arising from
nerve injury that causes repeated pain signals even without painful stimuli.
