NUR 300 Sherpath : Pain Exam Questions and
Answers
What is acute pain?
Pain that lasts less than 6 months
What type of pain stems from trauma, inflammation, tissue damage, or surgery?
Nociceptive Pain
How is pain classified?
By cause, pathophysiology, and duration
What are some characteristics that play a role in how a patient may react to pain?
gender, culture, disability, and age
Why may women report being in more pain than men?
Differences in estrogen and testosterone
What factors may be signs of pain in a person with impaired cognition?
Facial expressions, vocalizzino of noises, changes in routine and physical activity
An older adult male is complaining of chest pain. The nurse is able to identify that the patient is
experiencing acute pain by asking which question?
Have you been in pain less than 6 months?
At eight months post-knee surgery the patient still complains of tenderness of the knee and finds it
difficult to walk without feeling a tingling pain. Which nursing diagnosis is priority for this patient?
Chronic Pain
A nurse can adequately classify pain by asking the patient questions focusing on which factors?
cause, pathophysiology, and duration of pain
A nurse is caring for a patient on the cancer floor. The patient states that she has been battling breast
cancer and associated pain for over two years. She claims that the worst pain is the numbness in her
fingers that she has been experiencing for the past three months due to the chemotherapy
treatments. Which identifies the cause, pathophysiology and duration (in the correct order) of this
patient's acute pain?
Cancer, numbness due to chemo, three months
A pediatric patient presents to the pediatrician's office complaining of ankle pain. The mother states
that the child wakes up every day complaining and the ankle seems to be swollen, but the swelling
goes down throughout the day. After many tests are completed, the patient is diagnosed with juvenile
arthritis. What type of nociceptive pain will the child have to endure with this diagnosis?
Somatic
Answers
What is acute pain?
Pain that lasts less than 6 months
What type of pain stems from trauma, inflammation, tissue damage, or surgery?
Nociceptive Pain
How is pain classified?
By cause, pathophysiology, and duration
What are some characteristics that play a role in how a patient may react to pain?
gender, culture, disability, and age
Why may women report being in more pain than men?
Differences in estrogen and testosterone
What factors may be signs of pain in a person with impaired cognition?
Facial expressions, vocalizzino of noises, changes in routine and physical activity
An older adult male is complaining of chest pain. The nurse is able to identify that the patient is
experiencing acute pain by asking which question?
Have you been in pain less than 6 months?
At eight months post-knee surgery the patient still complains of tenderness of the knee and finds it
difficult to walk without feeling a tingling pain. Which nursing diagnosis is priority for this patient?
Chronic Pain
A nurse can adequately classify pain by asking the patient questions focusing on which factors?
cause, pathophysiology, and duration of pain
A nurse is caring for a patient on the cancer floor. The patient states that she has been battling breast
cancer and associated pain for over two years. She claims that the worst pain is the numbness in her
fingers that she has been experiencing for the past three months due to the chemotherapy
treatments. Which identifies the cause, pathophysiology and duration (in the correct order) of this
patient's acute pain?
Cancer, numbness due to chemo, three months
A pediatric patient presents to the pediatrician's office complaining of ankle pain. The mother states
that the child wakes up every day complaining and the ankle seems to be swollen, but the swelling
goes down throughout the day. After many tests are completed, the patient is diagnosed with juvenile
arthritis. What type of nociceptive pain will the child have to endure with this diagnosis?
Somatic
