The nurse is caring for a patient who just underwent laparoscopic appendectomy. The patient complains of severe postoperative pain between the shoulder blades. Which term best describes the pain that this patient is having?

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Referred pain is pain that occurs when discomfort is felt in a different area than the source of the pain. Phantom pain occurs in amputees when pain is felt in the missing limb. Neuropathic pain occurs in the nervous system and often feels like burning or tingling. Psychogenic pain is discomfort felt by the patient that has no physical cause.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Just Underwent