NCM109 RLE

• Which of the following Pain Scale consists of six

cartoonlike faces ranging from smiling to tearful?
a. Wong Baker Pain Scale
b. Oucher Pain Scale
c. Poker Chip Tool
d. FLACC
• The nurse is using the CRIES pain assessment
tool on a preterm infant in the neonatal intensive
care unit. The following are components of this
tool except:
a. Oxygen saturation
b. Sleeplessness
c. Facial Expression
d. Color
• Which is an important consideration when using
the FACES Pain Rating Scale with children?
a. The scale is not appropriate for use with
adolescents.
b. The scale can be used with most children
as young as 3 years of age.
c. The scale is useful in pain assessment
but is not as accurate when
assessing physiologic responses.
d. Children color the face with the color they
choose to best describe their pain.
• Which are components of the FLACC scale?
A.Color
B.Capillary refill time
C.leg position
D. Facial expression
E. Activity

a. C.D,E
b. D.A,B
c. A.B,C
d. B.C.A
• The nurse is using the C.R.I.E.S. pain assessment tool
on a preterm infant in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).
Which is a component of this tool?
a. Posture of the arms and legs
b. Color
c. Oxygen saturation
d. Reflexes
 • The most consistent indicator of pain in infants is?
a. increased heart rate
b. increased respirations
c. a facial expression of discomfort
d. clenching the teeth and lips

• A nurse is starting an intravenous (IV) line for a school-age

child with cancer. The child says, "I have had a million IVs. They hurt."
The nurse's response should be based on the knowledge that:

a. Children become accustomed to painful procedures

b. Children tolerate pain better than adults.
c. Children often demonstrate increased behavioral signs of discomfort with repeated
painful procedures.
d. Children often lie about experiencing pain.
• The parents of an infant in a neonatal intensive care unit are concerned
about their infant experiencing pain from so many procedures. The nurse's
response should be based on which characteristic about the infants' pain?

a. They do not have the cortical and subcortical centers that are needed for pain
perception.
b. They may react to painful stimuli but are unable to remember the pain experience.
c. They perceive and react to pain in much the same manner as children and adults.
d. They lack neurochemical systems associated with pain transmission and modulation.

• To assess pain in school age child, the nurse will look for or asks their parents
about which of the following?
.
C. all of the above