A nurse is notified when a patient, newly admitted with liver and gallbladder disease, complains of pain in the right middle back and asks for some pain medication. What is the best interpreta-tion of this reported assessment by the nurse?
a. The patient is just complaining to see whether the staff will give out pain medi-cations.
b. The patient has referred pain sensations. The nurse should follow orders for admi-nistering pain medication.
c. The patient has an injury on the back from an unknown cause that needs immediate assessment.
d. The patient is a chronic complainer with anxieties about his condition.
B
Referred pain is a very real physical complaint, and the nurse should give the patient the pain medication as ordered.
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