The nurse is assessing a client who presents to the emergency department after recently being discharged from the hospital after a right above-the-knee amputation
The client tells the nurse that her right foot hurts. Which type of pain does the nurse suspect that this client is experiencing?
1. Phantom pain.
2. Radiating pain.
3. Intractable pain.
4. Cutaneous pain.
Correct Answer: 1
The client is describing phantom pain, which is a painful sensation perceived in an absent body part or a body part that is paralyzed. Radiating pain has an origin in one part of the body and then spreads to other adjacent body parts. Intractable pain does not respond to relief measures. Cutaneous pain is pain experienced in the cutaneous tissues.
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