The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to:
a. show strength or get out of the hospital earlier
b. get the nursing staff in trouble with the doctor
c. keep from getting cut off from phoning friends
d. avoid having to take pain medication of any type
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A Correct: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to show strength or get out of the hospital earlier.
B Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to get the nursing staff in trouble with the doctor.
C Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is most likely denying pain to keep from getting cut off from phoning friends.
D Incorrect: The nurse knows that then hospitalized adolescents underrate their pain and hide it, the adolescent is not most likely denying pain to avoid having to take pain medication of any type. Although some worry about the potential for addiction, most hide pain to show how adult they are (strong) or to shorten the hospital stay.
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