Which of the following statements made by a nurse caring for a client reporting severe pain ex-presses the most insight into how pain impacts a client's energy reserves?
1. "If I can't get his pain under control, his recovery will take a lot longer."
2. "Pain certainly interferes with the client's ability to rest and recuperate."
3. "I'm going to call for another pain prescription so he can get some rest."
4. "Trying to cope with pain is using up the energy that his recovery requires."
ANS: 4
Pain is exhausting and demands a person's energy. The remaining options do express this fact but not as directly as the answer.
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