A 2-Year-Old Child Has Been Returned to the Nursing Unit

question 5

Multiple Choice

A 2-year-old child has been returned to the nursing unit after an inguinal hernia repair. Which pain assessment tool should the nurse use to assess this child for the presence of pain?

• A) FACES pain rating tool
• B) Numeric scale
• C) Oucher scale
• D) FLACC tool

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Definitions:

Returns To Scale

The rate at which production output increases as a result of a proportional increase in all inputs or resources.

Marginal Product

The increase in output resulting from a one-unit increase in the input, keeping all other inputs constant.

Factor X

A placeholder term for an unspecified or unknown factor that can influence outcomes in a given situation or calculation.

Production Function

A production function is an equation that relates the quantity of output produced to the quantities of inputs used in production.