NCLEX Practice Question: Quiz No 407 with Rationale and Answer

NCLEX Practice Question: Quiz No 407 with Rationale and Answer

Nurse is attending a 73 years old patient who sustained a fracture on his right hip in a fall. Patient requests pain medication from the nurse. Based on his injury status, which type of pain is this, patient most likely experiencing???

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  A) Phantom
  
  


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  B) Visceral
  
  


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  C) Deep somatic
  
  


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  D) Referred
  
  


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  C) Deep somatic
  
  

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Rationale of Above Answer:

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  "Deep somatic" pain originates in ligaments, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, & bones. Therefore, a hip fracture causes deep somatic pain. 
  
  


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  Phantom pain is pain that is perceived to originate from a part that was removed during surgery. 
  
  


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  Visceral pain is caused by deep internal pain receptors and commonly occurs in the abdominal cavity, cranium, and thorax. 
  
  


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  Referred pain occurs in an area that is distant to the original site.