Chapter 20- pain

Question 1

Visceral pain

Answer 1

Discomfort arising from internal organs

Question 2

Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS)

Answer 2

Delivers bursts of energy to skin and underlying nerves. Nonsurgical and not medication

Question 3

Drugs that assist in accomplishing desired effect of primary drugs (antidepressants/anticonvulsants)

Answer 3

Adjuvant

Question 4

Functional pain is called (ex: phantom limb pain)

Answer 4

Neuropathic

Question 5

Pain which doesn’t respond to other methods of pain management and can be resolved with surgery is called

Answer 5

Intractable

Question 6

Percutaneous electrical nerve stimulation is an approach to pain management that’s nonsurgical/non medication

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Surgical sectioning of a nerve roof close to spinal cord

Answer 7

Rhizotomy

Question 8

Pain scale most commonly used for adults

Answer 8

Numeric