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segrsyd · **on:** Jun 25, 2018

The nurse is assessing a client who presents to the emergency department after recently being discharged from the hospital after a right above-the-knee amputation.

The client tells the nurse that her right foot hurts. Which type of pain does the nurse suspect that this client is experiencing?
1. Phantom pain.
2. Radiating pain.
3. Intractable pain.
4. Cutaneous pain.

Question 2

The nurse conducts a pain assessment on a client who has terminal breast cancer with extensive metastasis. The client tells the nurse, Nothing helps the pain. Which documentation regarding this client's pain is the most appropriate?

1. The client is experiencing referred pain.
2. The client is experiencing intractable pain.
3. The client is experiencing retractable pain.
4. The client is experiencing radiating pain.

izzat · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 25, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Correct Answer: 1

The client is describing phantom pain, which is a painful sensation perceived in an absent body part or a body part that is paralyzed. Radiating pain has an origin in one part of the body and then spreads to other adjacent body parts. Intractable pain does not respond to relief measures. Cutaneous pain is pain experienced in the cutaneous tissues.

Answer to Question 2

Correct Answer: 2

Intractable pain refers to pain that is not controllable. It is often associated with an advanced malignancy. Referred pain refers to pain that is felt in an area that is physically distant to the affected area. Retractable pain does not exist. Radiating pain refers to pain that extends to surrounding areas of the body.