The nurse is caring for a client complaining of a backache and administers ibuprofen.The client asks the nurse how the medication will help the pain.The nurse understands that ibuprofen's effect occurs during which phase of nocioception?

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Ibuprofen works during the transduction phase by inhibiting the production of prostaglandins, which are chemicals that promote inflammation, pain, and fever.

The Nurse Is Caring for a Client Complaining of a Backache