The nurse is working with a 3-year-old child in Bryant's traction for a fractured femur. A pain assessment scale such as the Oucher Scale can be useful to the nurse caring for this child because use of a pain assessment scale:
1. Provides continuity and consistency in assessing and monitoring the child's pain.
2. Decreases anxiety in the child.
3. Increases the child's comfort level.
4. Reduces the child's fear of painful procedures.
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Rationale:
1. Pain assessment scales are used to assess and monitor pain.
2. Using an assessment scale cannot reduce the child's anxiety or fear, or increase the child's comfort level.
3. Using an assessment scale cannot reduce the child's anxiety or fear, or increase the child's comfort level.
4. The nurse can reduce anxiety or fear and increase the child's comfort level by implementing appropriate nursing interventions based on assessment scale data.
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