When Asking About a Patient's Pain,it Is Effective to

question 13

Multiple Choice

When asking about a patient's pain,it is effective to

• A)ask the patient if the pain runs down his or her leg.
• B)assure the patient that questions about pain offer little insight into the patient's condition.
• C)ask the patient if the pain is in his or her abdomen.
• D)ask the patient to point to or touch the area that hurts and record that area on the requisition.

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Definitions:

Cough Reflex

A protective reflex that helps clear the airways of mucus, irritants, and pathogens through a sudden, often repetitive, expulsion of air from the lungs.

Peripheral Nervous Systems

The portion of the nervous system that consists of nerves and ganglia outside of the brain and spinal cord, facilitating communication to the central nervous system.

Sedative/Tranquilizer

These are drugs or agents that induce a calming effect, reducing excitement, irritability, or anxiety, and often used to facilitate sleep.

Brain Receptors

proteins on the surface of neurons in the brain that receive and respond to chemical signals.