While Completing an Assessment with an Adult Experiencing Chronic Pain

question 3

Multiple Choice

While completing an assessment with an adult experiencing chronic pain, you ask the client to choose one word from a list of 15 descriptors to identify his pain intensity. There is an associated number with that word that will be used as the pain intensity score. Which assessment does this best represent?

• A) Visual analog scale
• B) Verbal rating scale
• C) FACES Scale
• D) McGill Pain Questionnaire

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Original substances involved at the beginning of a chemical reaction, used throughout to form the end products.

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