The nurse, caring for a client experiencing pain, would apply all of the principles of pain management, EXCEPT:
a. assess the pain.
b. treat the contributing factors.
c. choose the least invasive route of administration.
d. do not use combinations of analgesics.
Question 2
The nurse is planning to provide a TENS unit to help with a client's pain control. For which client would the use of a TENS be inappropriate? A client who:
a. had surgery today and has incisional pain.
b. had a leg amputation and has phantom pain.
c. has a demand cardiac pacemaker and has chest pain.
d. has nerve pain from herpes zoster.
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