Author Question: Your client, a 30-year-old, is being seen in the emergency room for a possible fractured leg. The ... (Read 28 times)

kaid0807 · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

Your client, a 30-year-old, is being seen in the emergency room for a possible fractured leg. The client cries out in pain and asks for medication to help relieve it. Which of the following nursing diagnoses would be appropriate?

1. Ineffective coping
2. Hopelessness
3. Acute pain
4. Chronic pain

Question 2

Which one of the following statements describes a misconception that may interfere with an accurate assessment of pain in infants and children?

1. Parents exaggerate their child's pain.
2. Children will not always tell you if they have pain.
3. Children remember pain.
4. Neonates and infants feel pain.