Shamika is 5 years old. She had surgery yesterday. In order to evaluate her pain the nurse will:
a. Expect the child to complain if she is in pain
b. Observe for verbal and nonverbal cues that she is in pain
c. Give pain medication if the child is crying
d. Ask the child to rate her pain on a scale of 1 to 10
B
Children do not always complain if they are in pain. They are frightened by the events and their surroundings. The nurse should evaluate for both verbal and non verbal cues of pain. Children may not always cry if they are in pain. Conversely, they may be crying for another reason. Children at this age cannot rate their pain in this way. The nurse would use a pictorial pain scale.
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