The nurse is examining a client is in the Emergency Department.The client has recently been discharged after a right above-the-knee amputation.The client tells the nurse that her right foot hurts.The nurse suspects what type of pain?

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Phantom pain is a type of pain that is perceived in the amputated limb. The client's complaint of pain in the right foot, which is no longer there, is indicative of phantom pain. Radiating pain is pain that spreads from one area to another, intractable pain is constant and not relieved by medication, and cutaneous pain is pain that is localized to the skin. None of these are applicable in this case.

The Nurse Is Examining a Client Is in the Emergency