A client with a fractured leg is in pain. The nurse understands that the client is experiencing which kind of pain?
A) Intractable pain
B) Neuropathic pain
C) Chronic pain
D) Nociceptive pain
D
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The client is experiencing nociceptive pain, which can be successfully treated after the cause for the pain is identified. Nociceptive pain is caused by the nervous system's normal processing of trauma to the skin, muscles, and visceral organs. The cause of chronic pain or neuropathic pain is often unknown; it could be a result of faulty processing of sensory input by the nervous system. Chronic pain that resists therapeutic interventions is intractable pain.
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