The nurse is preparing to assess comfort for several clients. Which will the nurse assess, in addition to the client's physical experience of pain, during this process?
Select all that apply.
A) Religion
B) Friendship
C) Environment
D) Psychospirituality
E) Social interaction
Answer: C, D, E
Comfort is the experience of having needs for relief and ease met in four contexts: physical, psychospiritual, social, and environmental. Religion and friendship are encompassed in psychospiritual and social.
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