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The primary health care provider instructs the nurse to obtain the patient’s pain level every four hours. Which actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment? Select all that apply.
These actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment by using a consistent and clear method to measure the patient’s pain level, enhancing the visibility and understanding of the scale, repeating the information for clarity and accuracy, and giving the patient enough time to respond without rushing or interrupting.
These actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment by using a consistent and clear method to measure the patient’s pain level, enhancing the visibility and understanding of the scale, repeating the information for clarity and accuracy, and giving the patient enough time to respond without rushing or interrupting.
These actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment by using a consistent and clear method to measure the patient’s pain level, enhancing the visibility and understanding of the scale, repeating the information for clarity and accuracy, and giving the patient enough time to respond without rushing or interrupting.
This is wrong because asking about the present level of pain rather than the pain history is more relevant for pain management, not the pain assessment. The pain history provides valuable information about the onset, duration, frequency, quality, intensity, location, and aggravating or relieving factors of the pain.
These actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment by using a consistent and clear method to measure the patient’s pain level, enhancing the visibility and understanding of the scale, repeating the information for clarity and accuracy, and giving the patient enough time to respond without rushing or interrupting.
The correct answer is choice A, B, C and E. These actions by the nurse help facilitate the pain assessment by using a consistent and clear method to measure the patient’s pain level, enhancing the visibility and understanding of the scale, repeating the information for clarity and accuracy, and giving the patient enough time to respond without rushing or interrupting.
Choice D is wrong because asking about the present level of pain rather than the pain history is more relevant for pain management, not the pain assessment. The pain history provides valuable information about the onset, duration, frequency, quality, intensity, location, and aggravating or relieving factors of the pain.