Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher

Exercise 17

In the following scenario, identify the elements of a pain assessment that are present.A 62-year-old male patient is admitted to the medical unit from the emergency department.On arrival he is trembling and nearly doubled over with severe, cramping abdominal pain.He indicates that he has severe right upper quadrant pain that radiates to his back and he is more comfortable walking bent forward than lying in bed.He notes that he has had several similar bouts of abdominal pain in the last month but "not as bad as this.This is the worst pain I can imagine." The other episodes lasted only about 2 hours.Today he experienced an acute onset of pain and nausea after eating fish and chips at a fast-food restaurant about 4 hours ago.
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