1. The nurse assessing for pain should:

2. All of the following statements about endorphins are true except:

3. This single-dose, extended-release drug is used for epidural administration for patients undergoing major surgical procedures:

4. A nursing plan of care for pain management should include:

5. The most serious side effect of opioid analgesic agents is:

6. When a nurse asks a patient to describe the quality of his or her pain, the nurse expects the patient to use a descriptive term such as:

7. Pain in the elderly requires careful assessment, because older people:

8. The most worrisome adverse effect of epidural opioids is:

9. A physiologic response not usually associated with acute pain is:

10. Chronic pain may be described as:

11. A physiologic indicator of acute pain is:

12. A preventive approach to pain relief with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) means that the medication is given:

13. The nurse’s major area of assessment for a patient receiving patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is assessment of which system?

14. Although the criterion is arbitrary, acute pain can be classified as chronic when it has persisted for:

15. A chemical substance thought to inhibit the transmission of pain is:

16. Cutaneous stimulation is helpful in reducing painful sensations, because it:

17. Administration of analgesics to the elderly requires careful patient assessment, because older people:

18. Acute pain may be described as having the following characteristic.

19. The advantage of using intraspinal infusion to deliver analgesics is:

20. An example of chronic benign pain is:

21. A nursing measure to manage anxiety during the anticipation of pain should include: