An Unlicensed Nursing Assistant (NA) Reports to the Nurse That

An unlicensed nursing assistant (NA) reports to the nurse that a postsurgical patient is complaining of
Pain that she rates as 8 on a 0 -to- 10 point scale. The NA tells the nurse that he thinks the patient is exaggerating and does not need pain medication. What is the nurses best response?

A) Pain often comes and goes with postsurgical patients. Please ask her about pain again in about 30 minutes.
B) We need to provide pain medications because it is the law, and we must always follow the law.
C) Unless there is strong evidence to the contrary, we should take the patients report at face value.
D) Its not unusual for patients to misreport pain to get our attention when we are busy.