On the First Postoperative Day,a Patient with a Below-The-Knee Amputation

question 38

Multiple Choice

On the first postoperative day,a patient with a below-the-knee amputation complains of pain in the amputated limb.What is an appropriate nursing action?

• A) Administer prescribed opioids to relieve the pain.
• B) Ask the patient to ignore the pain because it is not real.
• C) Loosen the compression bandage to prevent pressure on the surgical incision.
• D) Tell the patient that this phantom pain will diminish over time with increasing awareness of the absence of the limb.

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Definitions:

Chromosomes

Thread-like structures located inside the nucleus of animal and plant cells, made of protein and a single molecule of DNA.

Autosome

Any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome, involved in determining the genetic traits of an organism except for the sex.

Allele

One of two or more versions of a gene that determine variations in a hereditary characteristic.

Gamete

A mature haploid male or female germ cell which is able to unite with another of the opposite sex in sexual reproduction to form a zygote.