You are the nurse caring for the 25 -year-old victim of a motor vehicle accident with a fractured pelvis and a ruptured bladder. The nurses aide (NA) tells you that she is concerned because the patients resting heart rate is 110 beats per minute, her respirations are 24 breaths per minute, temperature is $99.1 \mathrm{~F}$ axillary, and the blood pressure is $125 / 85 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg}$. What other information is most important as you assess this patients physiologic status?

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The nurses assessment of the patients pain is a priority. There is no suggestion of diabetes and leukocytosis would not occur at this early stage of recovery. The patient does not need to fully understand pain physiology in order to communicate the presence, absence, or severity of pain.

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