CH 34 COMFORT & PAIN MANAGEMENT NCLEX
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
VERSION VERIFIED RATIONALE GRADED A+
1. A nurse instructor is teaching a class of student nurses about the nature of pain. Which statements
accurately describe this phenomenon? Select all that apply.
a. Pain is whatever the physician treating the pain says it is.
b. Pain exists whenever the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology. - ansb. Pain exists whenever
the person experiencing it says it exists.
c. Pain is an emotional and sensory reaction to tissue damage.
d. Pain is a simple, universal, and easy-to-describe phenomenon.
e.. Pain that occurs without a known cause is psychological in nature.
f. Pain is classified by duration, location, source, transmission, and etiology.
2. One of the most common distinctions of pain is whether it is acute or chronic. Which examples
describe chronic pain? Select all that apply.
