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Zoey63294

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A mother calls the nurse practitioner to say, I don't know what is wrong with my baby. He cried all night and kept pulling at his ear. How would the nurse respond?
 
  A) Oh, he probably was just hungry and wet. Did you feed him?
  B) Babies at that age cry at night. Think nothing of it.
  C) That means his ear hurt. Bring him in to be checked.
  D) That probably means he had a tummy ache. How is he now?

Question 2

The nurse is caring for a client with terminal bone cancer. The client states, My pain is getting worse and worse, and the morphine doesn't help anymore. The nurse determines the client's pain is which of the following?
 
  A) Acute
  B) Chronic malignant
  C) Diffuse
  D) Intractable



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Answer to Question 1

Ans: C
Pain is frustrating for children because they are unable to understand the concept and cause of pain, and may have difficulty describing it. Crying and touching/grabbing the painful body part are observations that may indicate pain in a child.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Chronic malignant pain is acute pain episodes, persistent chronic pain, or both, associated with a progressive malignant-type process.



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