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skymedlock · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

The nurse working with clients in pain needs to recognize and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain. With respect to the pain experience, which of the following is correct?

a. The client is the best authority on the pain experience.
b. Chronic pain is mostly psychological in nature.
c. Regular use of analgesics leads to drug addition.
d. The amount of tissue damage is accurately reflected in the degree of pain per-ceived.

Question 2

It is important for the nurse to have knowledge of the principles of growth and development to better understand the behaviours and responses of clients from different age groups.

The nurse recognizes that which one of the following statements about growth and development is correct? a. Development ends with adolescence.
b. Growth refers to qualitative events.
c. Developmental tasks are age-related achievements.
d. Cognitive theories focus on emotional development.

helenmarkerine · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

A
A client's self-report of pain is the single most reliable indicator of the existence and intensity of pain and any related discomfort. Pain is subjective.
A misconception about pain is that chronic pain is psychological.
The belief that administering analgesics regularly will lead to drug addiction is a misconception.
A misconception about pain is that the amount of tissue damage is accurately reflected in the de-gree of pain perceived.

Answer to Question 2

C
Developmental tasks are age-related achievements is a correct statement about growth and de-velopment.
Human growth and development are orderly, predictable processes beginning with conception and continuing until death.
Growth refers to quantitative events; development refers to qualitative events.
Cognitive theories focus on reasoning and thinking processes.