OPQRST Is Considered a Focused Assessment for the Evaluation of Pain

question 34

Multiple Choice

OPQRST is considered a focused assessment for the evaluation of pain which has brought the patient in for this particular event.   What type of questions relate to what the patient was doing when the signs and symptoms first started to occur?

• A) Quality of pain
• B) Time
• C) Onset
• D) Provocational pain

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