Pain Is an Important Element That Must Be Part of Your

question 31

Multiple Choice

Pain is an important element that must be part of your evaluation. Which of the following is true regarding the assessment of pain?

• A) Health-care providers typically overestimate the severity of pain.
• B) Pain can easily be assessed using a 10-point scale.
• C) Quantification of pain is overrated.
• D) All of the above are true.

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Definitions:

Cryosurgery

A surgical treatment using extreme cold produced by liquid nitrogen or argon gas to destroy abnormal or diseased tissue.

Prostate Cancer

A form of cancer that occurs in the prostate gland of men, often characterized by difficulty urinating, pelvic pain, and, in advanced stages, bone pain.

Liquid Nitrogen

A cryogenic liquid form of nitrogen at extremely low temperatures, used in various applications including freezing foods, cryopreservation of biological samples, and as a coolant in some types of reactors.

Invasive

Pertaining to medical procedures or species that intrude into body tissues or ecosystems where they are not normally found, often causing harm.