A patient complains of chest pain. The nurse is attempting to assess the pain to differentiate the pain as cardiac, respiratory, or gastrointestinal
The nurse can properly identify the pain as cardiac in origin when the nurse states that cardiac pain: A. does not occur with respiratory variations.
B. is peripheral and may radiate to the scapular areas.
C. is aggravated by inspiratory movements.
D. is nonradiating and occurs during inspiration.
A
Cardiac chest pain is most often substernal and radiates to the left arm and jaw in men, but some women have epigastric pain, complaints of indigestion, or a choking feeling and dyspnea. Peri-cardial pain results from an inflammation of the pericardial sac and is usually nonradiating and often occurs with inspiration. Pleuritic chest pain is peripheral and usually radiates to the scapular region.
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