A graduate nurse is working for a diabetes unit.The nurse manager has prepared a very thorough orientation,which includes check-offs for taking vital signs.The nurse manager has informed the graduate nurse that their hospital has adopted the Joint Commission's pain standard and that they will be assessing five vital signs.The graduate nurse knows that the fifth vital sign is which of the following?

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National and international organizations have made efforts to correct this problem.The Joint Commission (2013)has a pain standard for health care workers to assess all patients for pain on a regular basis.Many health care institutions have adopted this standard by recommending that pain be assessed as the "fifth vital sign."

A Graduate Nurse Is Working for a Diabetes Unit