A Nurse Is Caring for a Client from Taiwan Who

question 21

Multiple Choice

A nurse is caring for a client from Taiwan who constantly requests pain medication. What should the nurse consider when assessing the client's pain?

• A) Most people react to pain in the same way.
• B) Pain in adults in less intense than pain in children.
• C) The client has a low pain tolerance.
• D) Pain is what the client says it is.

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Definitions:

Left-Hemisphere Damage

Injury or harm to the left side of the brain, often affecting language, analytical, and logical processing abilities.

Gestures

Non-verbal communication methods involving bodily movements, often of the hands and arms, that convey meanings, emotions, or instructions without using words.

Facial Expressions

The use of facial muscles to convey emotions, intentions, or social information.

Hemisphere

Half of a spherical or roughly spherical body, often used in reference to the two halves of the brain or the Earth.