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audie

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A patient who underwent a left above-the-knee amputation complains of pain in his left foot. The nurse should document this finding as what type of pain?
 
  1) Psychogenic
  2) Phantom
  3) Referred
  4) Radiating

Question 2

In which process do peripheral nerves carry the pain message to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord?
 
  1) Transduction
  2) Transmission
  3) Perception
  4) Modulation



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: 2

Answer to Question 2

ANS: 2



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