Pain

Question 1

Young Infant’s Response to Pain

Answer 1

rigidity and thrashing
Loud crying
Facial expressions of pain (grimacing)
No understanding of relationship between stimuli and subsequent pain

Question 2

Older Infant’s Response to Pain

Answer 2

Withdrawal from painful stimuli
Loud crying
Facial grimacing
Physical resistance

Question 3

Young Child’s Response to Pain

Answer 3

Loud crying and screaming
Verbalizations: “Ow!” “Ouch!” “It hurts!”
Thrashing limbs
Attempts to push away the stimulus

Question 4

School-Age Child’s Response to Pain

Answer 4

Stalling behavior (“Wait a minute”)
Muscle rigidity
May use all the behaviors of a young child

Question 5

Adolescent

Answer 5

Less vocal protest; less motor activity
Increased muscle tension and body control
More verbalizations (“It hurts”; “You’re hurting me”)

Question 6

Neonates

Assessment tools (3)

Answer 6

CRIES neonatal pain scale
Premature Infant Pain Profile (PIPP)
Neonatal Pain, Agitation, and Sedation Scale (NPASS)

Question 7

Pain in Children with Communication and Cognitive Impairments

measurement tools

Answer 7

Noncommunicating Children’s Pain Checklist

Pain Indicator for Communicatively Impaired Children (PICIC)

Question 8

Common Pain States in Children (7)

Answer 8

Postoperative pain
Burn pain
Recurrent headaches
Recurrent abdominal pain
Pain with sickle cell disease
Cancer pain
End-of-life care (sedation and pain)

Question 9

Nonopioids

Answer 9

Tylenol

NSAIDs

Question 10

FLACC Scale

what does each letter mean?

Answer 10

Face
Legs
Activity
Cry
Consolabiltiy

Question 11

Pain Rating Scales for Children

Answer 11

FLACC
FACES
Numeric
Word Graphic
APPT