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Medical-Surgical Nursing:Assessment and Managementof Clinical Problems 9th Edition by Sharon Lewis,Shannon Ruff Dirksen,Margaret McLean Heitkemper,Linda Bucher
Edition 9ISBN: 978-0323086783Medical-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 2
A patient with multiple injuries resulting from an automobile accident tells the nurse that he has "bad" pain but that he can "tough it out" and does not require pain medication.To gain the patient's participation in pain management, what should the nurse explain to the patient?
A) Patients have a responsibility to keep the nurse informed about their pain.
B) Unrelieved pain has many harmful effects on the body that can impair recovery.
C) Using pain medications rarely leads to addiction when they are used for actual pain.
D) Nonpharmacologic therapies can be used to relieve his pain if he is afraid to use pain medications.
A) Patients have a responsibility to keep the nurse informed about their pain.
B) Unrelieved pain has many harmful effects on the body that can impair recovery.
C) Using pain medications rarely leads to addiction when they are used for actual pain.
D) Nonpharmacologic therapies can be used to relieve his pain if he is afraid to use pain medications.
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B. When a patient wants to be stoic abou...
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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