Immediate surgery is planned for a client with acute abdominal pain. Which of the following questions will elicit the most complete information about the client's coping-stress tolerance pattern?
A)"Can you tell me how intense your pain is now?"
B)"What do you think caused this abdominal pain?"
C)"How do you feel about yourself and your hospitalization?"
D)"Are there other major problems that are a concern right now?"

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The coping-stress tolerance pattern includes information about other major stressors confronting the client. The health perception-health management pattern includes information about the client's ideas about risk factors. Feelings about self and the hospitalization are assessed in the self-perception-self-concept pattern. Intensity of pain is part of the cognitive-perceptual pattern.

Immediate Surgery Is Planned for a Client with Acute Abdominal