The nurse conducts a pain assessment on a client who has terminal breast cancer with extensive metastasis. The client tells the nurse, "Nothing helps the pain." Which documentation regarding this client's pain is the most appropriate?
1. The client is experiencing referred pain.
2. The client is experiencing intractable pain.
3. The client is experiencing retractable pain.
4. The client is experiencing radiating pain.
Correct Answer: 2
Intractable pain refers to pain that is not controllable. It is often associated with an advanced malignancy. Referred pain refers to pain that is felt in an area that is physically distant to the affected area. Retractable pain does not exist. Radiating pain refers to pain that extends to surrounding areas of the body.
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