The Nurse Knows That Which Statement Is True Regarding the Pain

question 14

Multiple Choice

The nurse knows that which statement is true regarding the pain experienced by infants?

• A)Pain in infants can only be assessed by physiologic changes, such as an increased heart rate.
• B)The FPS-R can be used to assess pain in infants.
• C)A procedure that induces pain in adults will also induce pain in the infant.
• D)Infants feel pain less than do adults.

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Definitions:

Parietal Lobe

A region of the cerebral cortex involved in processes related to sensory information from the body, spatial awareness, and navigation.

Receptive-field Hierarchy

A concept in neuroscience describing how sensory information is processed in a series of increasingly complex and integrative levels within the nervous system.

Lgn Cell

Refers to cells in the lateral geniculate nucleus, a part of the thalamus in the brain involved in processing visual information.

V1 Cell

Neurons located in the primary visual cortex (V1) responsible for processing visual information.