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madam-professor

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The nurse wants to ensure that assigned patients are comfortable. What will the nurse use as a measurement of comfort?
 
  A) A state of physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being
  B) An absence of reports, signs, or symptoms of physical pain
  C) A transcendent emotional and spiritual state that exists regardless of the presence or absence of pain
  D) A condition of maintaining a patient's self-report of pain being below a self-reported threshold of 1 out of 10

Question 2

A 19-year-old woman had a mandibular osteotomy (jaw surgery) performed early this morning and is being assessed by the nurse after being transferred from the PACU.
 
  The nurse has asked the patient about her pain, to which the patient has responded, I'm not really having any pain, but I've got a dull ache all around my jaw that's really bad. How should the nurse best interpret this patient's statement?
  A) The patient is not experiencing pain but likely requires interventions for her discomfort.
  B) The patient is misinterpreting her body's pain response.
  C) The patient is currently free of pain but is likely to experience pain in the near future.
  D) The patient is experiencing pain but is describing it in different terms.


Madisongo23

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Reply #1 on: Jul 11, 2018
Answer to Question 1

A
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Comfort is defined as a sense of physical, emotional, social, and spiritual peace and well-being. This may include, but is not limited to, considerations of patient reports of pain. It does not exclude consideration of physical pain. It is debatable if pain is a transcendent emotion and spiritual state.

Answer to Question 2

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