The greatest barrier to a 3-year-old client's ability to self-assess her pain is:

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Young children who have not developed full vocabularies have difficulty verbally describing and expressing pain to parents or caregivers.Toddlers and preschoolers are unable to recall explanations about pain or associate pain with experiences that occur in various situations.The remaining options may have an effect on self-assessment of pain,but only to a limited degree.

The Greatest Barrier to a 3-Year-Old Client's Ability to Self-Assess