PAIN MANAGEMENT UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ somatic pain.
Answer: originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons, or blood
vessels, well localized, "aching, stabbing, throbbing"
◉ visceral pain.
Answer: a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the
abdominal organs, or viscera, "dull or colicky"
◉ neuropathic pain.
Answer: pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or
central nervous system- "sharp/burning"
◉ idiopathic pain.
Answer: chronic pain in the absence of an identifiable physical or
psychological cause or pain perceived as excessive for the extent of
an organic pathological condition
◉ central neuropathic pain.
,Answer: begins at any point along the CNS
◉ peripheral neuropathic pain.
Answer: created at the level of a nerve ending or along the nerve
course to the root itself
◉ acute pain.
Answer: pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or
surgery, 0-7 days in duration
◉ acute pain symptoms.
Answer: tachycardia, hypertension, sweating, vasoconstriction
◉ chronic pain.
Answer: episode of pain that lasts for 3 months or longer; may be
intermittent or continuous
◉ focus of chronic pain treatment.
Answer: elimination or reduction
◉ spinal T cells.
Answer: carriers of peripheral afferent nerve signals to the spinal
cord
, ◉ action system.
Answer: occurs when spinal T cells reach critical level, allows the
body to exert behaviors of pain
◉ four causes of cancer pain.
Answer: pain r/t cancer, pain indirectly related to cancer, incidental
pain, treatment-related pain
◉ cancer pain.
Answer: nociceptive- when tumor or mass presses or invades a pain-
sensitive portion of the body
◉ pain indirectly related to cancer.
Answer: pain as a result of immobility- joint pain, muscle wasting,
pressure sores, etc
◉ most prevalent cause of cancer pain.
Answer: bone tumors
◉ chronic lower back pain.
Answer: any low back pain lasting longer than. 7-12 weeks
SCRIPT 2026 COMPLETE QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◉ somatic pain.
Answer: originating from muscle, bone, joints, tendons, or blood
vessels, well localized, "aching, stabbing, throbbing"
◉ visceral pain.
Answer: a poorly localized, dull, or diffuse pain that arises from the
abdominal organs, or viscera, "dull or colicky"
◉ neuropathic pain.
Answer: pain from damage to neurons of either the peripheral or
central nervous system- "sharp/burning"
◉ idiopathic pain.
Answer: chronic pain in the absence of an identifiable physical or
psychological cause or pain perceived as excessive for the extent of
an organic pathological condition
◉ central neuropathic pain.
,Answer: begins at any point along the CNS
◉ peripheral neuropathic pain.
Answer: created at the level of a nerve ending or along the nerve
course to the root itself
◉ acute pain.
Answer: pain that is felt suddenly from injury, disease, trauma, or
surgery, 0-7 days in duration
◉ acute pain symptoms.
Answer: tachycardia, hypertension, sweating, vasoconstriction
◉ chronic pain.
Answer: episode of pain that lasts for 3 months or longer; may be
intermittent or continuous
◉ focus of chronic pain treatment.
Answer: elimination or reduction
◉ spinal T cells.
Answer: carriers of peripheral afferent nerve signals to the spinal
cord
, ◉ action system.
Answer: occurs when spinal T cells reach critical level, allows the
body to exert behaviors of pain
◉ four causes of cancer pain.
Answer: pain r/t cancer, pain indirectly related to cancer, incidental
pain, treatment-related pain
◉ cancer pain.
Answer: nociceptive- when tumor or mass presses or invades a pain-
sensitive portion of the body
◉ pain indirectly related to cancer.
Answer: pain as a result of immobility- joint pain, muscle wasting,
pressure sores, etc
◉ most prevalent cause of cancer pain.
Answer: bone tumors
◉ chronic lower back pain.
Answer: any low back pain lasting longer than. 7-12 weeks
