The nurse, completing a pain assessment, would attribute which data to the affective dimension of pain?
1. The patient is pale and moaning.
2. The patient rates the pain as 9 on a scale of 1 to 10.
3. The patient states, "The pain comes in waves in my abdomen."
4. The patient states that the pain is "punishment for my misdeeds."
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Rationale 1: Pallor and moaning are objective findings.
Rationale 2: Pain scales are tools to determine the severity of the pain.
Rationale 3: The quality of the pain is a subjective report of the sensory component of pain.
Rationale 4: The affective domain is the emotions or feelings associated with the pain.
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