A client with a partial small bowel obstruction describes her pain as "cramping, off-and-on pain that spreads over my stomach." The nurse recognizes that this type of pain is known as:
a. Referred pain.
b. Phantom pain.
c. Somatic pain.
d. Visceral pain.
ANS: D
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