A Developmentally and Cognitively Disabled 10­year­old Child Who Is Unable

question 9

Multiple Choice

A developmentally and cognitively disabled 10­year­old child who is unable to
communicate must undergo a series of surgeries, and the child's parent asks how to know if the child is in pain and when to give pain medication. What will the primary care pediatric nurse practitioner teach this parent to use to assess this child's pain?

• A) Comfort scale
• B) FLACC scale
• C) NCCPC­R
• D) Non­verbal observations

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