During a pain assessment, the patient tells the nurse that the pain is aching, stabbing, and throbbing. The nurse recognizes this pain to be:
a. visceral.
b. neuropathic.
c. somatic.
d. psychogenic.
C
Somatic pain arises from the musculoskeletal system and is aching, stabbing, or throbbing.
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a. oral b. enteral c. central parenteral d. peripheral parenteral
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