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  • October 16, 2024
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Chapter 10: Pain Assessment: The Fifth
Vital Sign Jarvis: Physical Examination
& Health Assessment Exam

1. When evaluating a patients pain, the nurse knows that an example of acute pain
would be:
a.


Arthritic pain.

b.


Fibromyalgia.

c.


Kidney stones.

d.


Low back pain. - Answers -Kidney stones.
Acute pain is short-term and dissipates after an injury heals

2. Which statement indicates that the nurse understands the pain experienced by an
older adult?
a.


Older adults must learn to tolerate pain.

b.


Pain is a normal process of aging and is to be expected.

c.

, Pain indicates a pathologic condition or an injury and is not a normal process of aging.

d.


Older individuals perceive pain to a lesser degree than do younger individuals. -
Answers -Pain indicates a pathologic condition or an injury and is not a normal process
of aging.

3. A 4-year-old boy is brought to the emergency department by his mother. She says he
points to his stomach and says, It hurts so bad. Which pain assessment tool would be
the best choice when assessing this childs pain? - Answers -FACES

4. A patient states that the pain medication is not working and rates his postoperative
pain at a 10 on a 1-to-10 scale. Which of these assessment findings indicates an acute
pain response to poorly controlled pain?

a.


Confusion

b.


Hyperventilation

c.


Increased blood pressure and pulse

d.


Depression - Answers -Increased blood pressure and pulse
(responses to poorly controlled pain include- tachycardia, elevated blood pressure, and
hypoventilation)

5. A 60-year-old woman has developed reflexive sympathetic dystrophy after
arthroscopic repair of her shoulder. A key feature of this condition is that the:

a.

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