A 31-Year-Old Male Reports Scrotal Pain and Tenderness

A 31-year-old male reports scrotal pain and tenderness. The OLDCARTS mnemonic is a useful reminder for the nurse to use when collecting information about this patient's reported clinical manifestations. The nurse recognizes that each of the letters in OLDCARTS stands for which of the following terms?

A) Onset, level of pain, duration, characteristics, aggravating/alleviating factors, relieving factors, treatment, and severity
B) Onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggravating/alleviating factors, relieving factors, treatment, and severity
C) Onset, location, duration, changes, aggravating/alleviating factors, relieving factors, treatment, and symptoms
D) Onset, location, duration, characteristics, aggravating/alleviating factors, repeating patterns, treatment, and symptoms