Pain Management and Assessment Quiz

Uses facial expressions to assess pain intensity in children.

Indicates medication is to be taken as needed.

Visual scale using facial expressions to assess pain in nonverbal individuals.

Uses exercises and physical modalities to manage pain without medication.

Assesses pain in nonverbal patients using facial expressions, leg movement, activity, cry, and consolability.

Frequent gastrointestinal side effect of opioid medications.

Utilizes multiple methods to manage pain, often decreasing reliance on any single medication.

Evaluates pain severity and how it affects activities of daily living.

Focuses on changing thought patterns and behaviors to manage chronic pain.

Pain resulting from activation of nociceptors by actual or potential tissue damage.

Empowers patients to manage their pain by self-administering preset doses of analgesics.

Commonly used for mild to moderate pain and inflammation.

Pain lasting beyond normal healing time, often persisting for months or years.

Uses a numerical scale to quantify pain intensity in adults.

Anticonvulsant medication often used to manage neuropathic pain.

Delivers electrical impulses to nerve endings for pain relief without medication.

Uses a horizontal line to rate pain intensity from no pain to worst pain imaginable.

Pain resulting from dysfunction or damage to the nervous system.

Key neurotransmitter involved in pain signal transmission.

Neurotransmitter involved in reducing pain signals in the spinal cord and brain.

Theory proposing that neural mechanisms in the spinal cord can modulate pain perception.

Perception of pain from a non-painful stimulus.

Assesses pain in advanced dementia patients using physiological and behavioral indicators.

Evaluates the quality and intensity of pain using various descriptive terms.

Increased sensitivity to pain following prolonged use of opioids.