
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783 Exercise 7
While caring for an unconscious patient, the nurse discovers a stage 2 pressure ulcer on the patient's heel.During care of the ulcer, what is the nurse's understanding of the patient's perception of pain?
A) The patient will have a behavioral response if pain is perceived.
B) The area should be treated as a painful lesion, using gentle cleansing and dressing.
C) The area can be thoroughly scrubbed because the patient is not able to perceive pain.
D) All nociceptive stimuli that are transmitted to the brain result in the perception of pain.
A) The patient will have a behavioral response if pain is perceived.
B) The area should be treated as a painful lesion, using gentle cleansing and dressing.
C) The area can be thoroughly scrubbed because the patient is not able to perceive pain.
D) All nociceptive stimuli that are transmitted to the brain result in the perception of pain.
Explanation
B. It is known that the brain is necessa...
Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
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