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???
- A) Phantom
- B) Visceral
- C) Deep somatic
- D) Referred
Correct Answer:
- C) Deep somatic
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Rationale of Above Answer:
- "Deep somatic" pain originates in ligaments, tendons, nerves, blood vessels, & bones. Therefore, a hip fracture causes deep somatic pain.
- Phantom pain is pain that is perceived to originate from a part that was removed during surgery.
- Visceral pain is caused by deep internal pain receptors and commonly occurs in the abdominal cavity, cranium, and thorax.
- Referred pain occurs in an area that is distant to the original site.
