NSG 3160 Exam 2
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Patients should be instructed to consume alcohol in moderation. To consume at a
moderate drinking pattern, a female patient should be instructed to consume no
more than
a. two drinks per day.
b. six drinks per week.
c. three drinks per week.
d. one drink per day. - ANSWER-c. three drinks per week.
An adult should be instructed that alcohol intake should be moderate.
Recommendations for moderate drinking patterns for men are two or fewer drinks
per day; for women, the recommendation is one or fewer drinks per day.
Pain signals are carried to the central nervous system by way of
a. perception.
b. modulation.
c. referred pain.
d. afferent fibers. - ANSWER-d. afferent fibers.
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Nociceptors carry the pain signal to the central nervous system by two primary
sensory (or afferent) fibers. Perception indicates the conscious awareness of a
painful sensation. Modulation inhibits the pain message producing an analgesic
effect. Referred pain is pain felt at a particular site that originates from another
location.
Which of the following is the most reliable indicator for chronic pain?
a. Blood drug levels
b. Patient self-report
c. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results
d. Tissue enzyme levels - ANSWER-b. Patient self-report
The most important and reliable indicator for chronic pain is the patient's self-
report. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular level, and current technology such
as MRI cannot reliably detect this process. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular
level, and current technology such as tissue enzyme levels cannot reliably detect
this process. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular level, and blood drug levels
cannot reliably detect this process.
Which of the following statements regarding cultural/racial differences in the
treatment of pain is true?
a. Neurotransmitters are more concentrated in white individuals than in black and
Hispanic individuals.
b. White individuals receive more analgesic therapy than black or Hispanic
individuals with similar symptoms.
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c. Pain modulation is more highly developed in black and Hispanic individuals.
d. Black and Hispanic individuals have been found to have a higher pain tolerance
than white individuals. - ANSWER-b. White individuals receive more analgesic
therapy than black or Hispanic individuals with similar symptoms.
Various studies describe how black and Hispanic patients are often prescribed less
analgesic therapy than white patients, although most of these differences are
small. No evidence supports anything else.
What occurs during transduction (the first phase of nociceptive pain)?
a. Chemical mediators are neutralized to decrease the perception of pain.
b. Pain signals move from the site of origin to the spinal cord.
c. The brain interprets the pain signal.
d. The pain impulse moves from the spinal cord to the brain. - ANSWER-b. Pain
signals move from the site of origin to the spinal cord.
Transduction is the first phase of nociceptive pain. During this phase, injured
tissue releases chemicals that propagate the pain message; an action potential
moves along an afferent fiber to the spinal cord. During transmission (the second
phase), the pain impulse moves from the level of the spinal cord to the brain. The
third phase is perception; the person has conscious awareness of a painful
sensation. In phase four, modulation, the neurons from the brainstem release
neurotransmitters that block the pain impulse.
What type of pain is short and self-limiting and dissipates after the injury heals?
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a. Acute
b. Persistent
c. Chronic
d. Breakthrough - ANSWER-c. Acute
Acute pain is short-term and self-limiting, often follows a predictable trajectory,
and dissipates after an injury heals. Chronic pain lasts 6 months or longer; the pain
persists after the predicted trajectory. Persistent pain is another term for chronic
pain. Breakthrough pain starts again or escalates before the next scheduled
analgesic dose.
Neuropathic pain implies an abnormal
a. processing of the pain message.
b. degree of pain interpretation.
c. modulation of pain signals.
d. transmission of pain signals. - ANSWER-a. processing of the pain message.
Neuropathic pain results from abnormal processing of the pain message.
Neuropathic pain does not adhere to the typical and predictable phases inherent
in nociceptive pain.
What is the source of deep somatic pain?
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NSG 3160 EXAM 2 NEWEST 2025/2026 COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED ANSWERS) |ALREADY
GRADED A+||BRAND NEW VERSION!!
Patients should be instructed to consume alcohol in moderation. To consume at a
moderate drinking pattern, a female patient should be instructed to consume no
more than
a. two drinks per day.
b. six drinks per week.
c. three drinks per week.
d. one drink per day. - ANSWER-c. three drinks per week.
An adult should be instructed that alcohol intake should be moderate.
Recommendations for moderate drinking patterns for men are two or fewer drinks
per day; for women, the recommendation is one or fewer drinks per day.
Pain signals are carried to the central nervous system by way of
a. perception.
b. modulation.
c. referred pain.
d. afferent fibers. - ANSWER-d. afferent fibers.
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Nociceptors carry the pain signal to the central nervous system by two primary
sensory (or afferent) fibers. Perception indicates the conscious awareness of a
painful sensation. Modulation inhibits the pain message producing an analgesic
effect. Referred pain is pain felt at a particular site that originates from another
location.
Which of the following is the most reliable indicator for chronic pain?
a. Blood drug levels
b. Patient self-report
c. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results
d. Tissue enzyme levels - ANSWER-b. Patient self-report
The most important and reliable indicator for chronic pain is the patient's self-
report. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular level, and current technology such
as MRI cannot reliably detect this process. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular
level, and current technology such as tissue enzyme levels cannot reliably detect
this process. Chronic pain is transmitted on a cellular level, and blood drug levels
cannot reliably detect this process.
Which of the following statements regarding cultural/racial differences in the
treatment of pain is true?
a. Neurotransmitters are more concentrated in white individuals than in black and
Hispanic individuals.
b. White individuals receive more analgesic therapy than black or Hispanic
individuals with similar symptoms.
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c. Pain modulation is more highly developed in black and Hispanic individuals.
d. Black and Hispanic individuals have been found to have a higher pain tolerance
than white individuals. - ANSWER-b. White individuals receive more analgesic
therapy than black or Hispanic individuals with similar symptoms.
Various studies describe how black and Hispanic patients are often prescribed less
analgesic therapy than white patients, although most of these differences are
small. No evidence supports anything else.
What occurs during transduction (the first phase of nociceptive pain)?
a. Chemical mediators are neutralized to decrease the perception of pain.
b. Pain signals move from the site of origin to the spinal cord.
c. The brain interprets the pain signal.
d. The pain impulse moves from the spinal cord to the brain. - ANSWER-b. Pain
signals move from the site of origin to the spinal cord.
Transduction is the first phase of nociceptive pain. During this phase, injured
tissue releases chemicals that propagate the pain message; an action potential
moves along an afferent fiber to the spinal cord. During transmission (the second
phase), the pain impulse moves from the level of the spinal cord to the brain. The
third phase is perception; the person has conscious awareness of a painful
sensation. In phase four, modulation, the neurons from the brainstem release
neurotransmitters that block the pain impulse.
What type of pain is short and self-limiting and dissipates after the injury heals?
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a. Acute
b. Persistent
c. Chronic
d. Breakthrough - ANSWER-c. Acute
Acute pain is short-term and self-limiting, often follows a predictable trajectory,
and dissipates after an injury heals. Chronic pain lasts 6 months or longer; the pain
persists after the predicted trajectory. Persistent pain is another term for chronic
pain. Breakthrough pain starts again or escalates before the next scheduled
analgesic dose.
Neuropathic pain implies an abnormal
a. processing of the pain message.
b. degree of pain interpretation.
c. modulation of pain signals.
d. transmission of pain signals. - ANSWER-a. processing of the pain message.
Neuropathic pain results from abnormal processing of the pain message.
Neuropathic pain does not adhere to the typical and predictable phases inherent
in nociceptive pain.
What is the source of deep somatic pain?
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