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2125004343 · **on:** Jul 23, 2018

A nurse is assessing a client's pain. When reporting the assessment findings to the primary health care provider to ensure the proper prescription for analgesic therapy for effective pain management,

which of the following would be most important for the nurse to report? Select all that apply.

A) Duration
B) Aggravating factors
C) Location
D) Remitting factors
E) Intensity

Question 2

When discussing effective pain management with a group of nursing students, the instructor would include barriers that need to be overcome. Which of the following would the instructor most likely include? Select all that apply.

A) Pharmacists do not provide an adequate supply of pain medication.
B) Primary health care providers prescribe improper pain medicine doses.
C) Nurses do not administer adequate medication for pain relief.
D) Clients do not report accurate levels of pain.
E) Clients have misperceptions about receiving pain medication.

kaylee05 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 23, 2018

Answer to Question 1

Ans: C, E
Feedback:
Although duration, aggravating and remitting factors, location, and intensity are important to assess, to ensure that the primary health care provider prescribes effective analgesics for pain management, the nurse needs to report two key assessments about pain: location and intensity.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: B, C, D
Feedback:
The main barriers a nurse must overcome to obtain effective pain management in a client are primary health care providers who do not prescribe proper pain medicine doses, nurses who do not administer adequate medication for pain relief, and clients who do not report accurate levels of pain.