A 4-year-old child has had a tonsillectomy and the nurse is preparing to ask him about his pain. Which technique is the most appropriate method for pain assessment for this patient?
A) Asking him if the pain hurts "a little or a lot"
B) Asking him to rate the pain on a scale of 0 to 10
C) Using the visual analog scale to rate the pain
D) Using the Wong/Baker FACES rating scale
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