When Completing a Health History with a Patient, a Nurse

question 11

Multiple Choice

When completing a health history with a patient, a nurse should encourage the patient to describe the symptoms in objective terms.Which statement is a good example of the description of pain?

• A) "This spot seems to hurt more right here."
• B) "This pain is the worst pain in the world."
• C) "My pain reminds me of when I hurt my foot last year."
• D) "I would say my pain is a 5 on a scale from 1 to 10."

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