The Nurse Is Admitting a Patient Who Has Just Arrived

The nurse is admitting a patient who has just arrived on the medical-surgical unit with severe abdominal pain. The action by the nurse that will be most effective in obtaining complete and accurate data from the patient is

A) to complete only basic demographic data before addressing the patient's abdominal pain.
B) to inform the patient that the abdominal pain will be treated as soon as the health history is completed.
C) to take the initial vital signs and then deal with the abdominal pain prior to completing the health history.
D) to medicate the patient for the abdominal pain before attending to the health history and examination.