A Client Has Chronic Back Pain from an Injury Several

question 4

Multiple Choice

A client has chronic back pain from an injury several years ago. The client is in the doctor's office, complaining of insomnia with fatigue and dissatisfaction with the previous physician who "did nothing to help the pain." The client has a blunt affect and relates no longer being able to do many things that once were enjoyable. The nurse working with an interdisciplinary team to manage this client's pain understands the client

• A) has adapted a sick role out of frustration with the situation and health care.
• B) is probably malingering to get workers' compensation.
• C) might be addicted to drugs and should have a urine drug screen.
• D) would not be so irritable after getting some sleep.

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