Which statement made by a nurse represents incorrect information regarding the pain experience or pain management in older adult clients?
A. "Cognitively impaired older clients should be assessed more frequently for pain than older clients who are not cognitively impaired."
B. "Older clients are more likely to have adverse reactions to pain medications, es-pecially opioids, than younger adults."
C. "Older clients usually have had more experience with pain than younger clients."
D. "Older clients have a different pain mechanism and do not feel it as much."
D
There is no evidence to support the idea that elderly clients perceive pain any differently than younger clients.
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