The nurse is reviewing the principles of pain. Which type of pain is due to an abnormal processing of the pain impulse through the peripheral or central nervous system?
a. Visceral
b. Referred
c. Cutaneous
d. Neuropathic
ANS: D
Neuropathic pain implies an abnormal processing of the pain message. The other types of pain are named according to their sources.
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