1. Which of the following is the IASP definition of pain?
A. Pain is only an unpleasant sensory experience
B. Pain and only an unpleasant emotional experience
C. Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage or described in terms of such damage

2. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Acute pain is of recent onset & limited duration

2. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Chronic pain persists beyond the time of healing from an injury & frequently there can be no identifiable cause

2. TRUE/FALSE?
C. A pain management plan for chronic pain must consider the role of pharmacotherapy, physiotherapy or physical methods of pain control, & psychological assessment and/or psychological methods of pain control

2. TRUE/FALSE?
D. Children tolerate procedural pain well and do not need pain relief for procedures

2. TRUE/FALSE?
E. Neuropathic pain is caused by a lesion or disease of the somatosensory system

3. TRUE/FALSE?
A. Pain severity cannot be measured in infants

3. TRUE/FALSE?
B. Observation pain severity measurement scales are used in neonates, the pre-verbal child, & the cognitively impaired

3. TRUE/FALSE?
C. Self-report pain severity scales (e.g. Faces scales, VAS) are more commonly used in children older than 7 years

4. TRUE/FALSE? The principles of pain management include:
A. Pain severity measurement

4. TRUE/FALSE? The principles of pain management include:
B. Appropriate analgesic prescription based on the 2-step analgesic ladder

4. TRUE/FALSE? The principles of pain management include:
C. Paracetamol dosing should be reviewed every 72 hours

4. TRUE/FALSE? The principles of pain management include:
D. Management of analgesic side-effects

4. TRUE/FALSE? The principles of pain management include:
E. Consideration of the use of adjuvant analgesics