The following questions about pain management are part of a longer survey on pain knowledge and attitudes. Find out how other clinicians responded by answering the questions and clicking on the "Submit Response" button. When you visit this site again, the results of our quiz (including your responses) will be posted.
1. The usual duration of action of meperidine (Demerol) IM is 4–5 hours.
True False
2. Respiratory depression rarely occurs in patients who have been receiving opioids over a period of months.
3. Which of the following IV doses of morphine would be equivalent to 30 mg of oral morphine?
Morphine 5 mg IV Morphine 10 mg IV Morphine 30 mg IV Morphine 60 mg IV
The following questions are taken from the PainLink Institutional Needs Assessment survey. Honestly consider the norms at your institution, and use the information page that follows to begin analyzing what steps toward better pain management your institution needs to take.
To what extent do each of the following occur at your institution?
4. Nurses routinely assess pain.
Consistently Frequently Sometimes Infrequently Almost Never
5. Doctors routinely assess pain.
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