A Nurse Is Caring for a Patient Who Is Experiencing

question 34

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a patient who is experiencing pain following abdominal surgery. Which information is important for the nurse to share with the patient when providing patient education about effective pain management?

• A) "To prevent overdose, you need to wait to ask for pain medication until you begin to experience pain."
• B) "You should take your medication after you walk to make sure you do not fall while you are walking."
• C) "We should work together to create a schedule to provide regular dosing of medication."
• D) "When you experience severe pain, you will need to take oral pain medications."

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Definitions:

Subjective Discomfort

Emotional distress or emotional pain.

Psychological Disorders

encompass a wide range of mental health conditions that affect mood, thinking, and behavior, often requiring clinical intervention.

Psychodynamic Model

An approach in psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions.

Unconscious Mind

Level of the mind in which thoughts, feelings, memories, and other information are kept that are not easily or voluntarily brought into consciousness.