A Patient Verbalizes a Low Pain Level of 2 Out

question 10

Multiple Choice

A patient verbalizes a low pain level of 2 out of 10 but exhibits extreme facial grimacing while moving around in bed.What is the nurse's best action in response to her observation?

• A) Proceed to the next patient's room while making rounds.
• B) Offer a massage because the patient does not want any more pain medicine.
• C) Administer the pain medication ordered for moderate to severe pain.
• D) Ask the patient about the facial grimacing with movement.

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Definitions:

Aerobic Respiration

A process in living organisms involving the production of energy, with oxygen as the final electron acceptor, and resulting in the production of carbon dioxide and water.

Electron Acceptor

A chemical entity that accepts electrons transferred to it from another compound, crucial in energy production and metabolic processes.

Aerobic Respiration

A metabolic process that uses oxygen to convert nutrients into energy, producing carbon dioxide and water as waste products.

Electron Transport Chain

A series of protein complexes located in the inner membrane of mitochondria or the thylakoid membrane of chloroplasts, involved in producing ATP through the process of oxidative phosphorylation.