After a patient describes abdominal pain to the nurse, which questions can the nurse use to help the patient provide more information about the pain? (Select all that apply.)
A) "Where do you feel the pain?"
B) "Where does the pain travel?"
C) "What other symptoms do you have with the pain?"
D) "Do you have blood in your stool?"
E) "What makes the pain less or worse?"
A, B, C, E
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