The nurse is providing care to a patient who is experiencing acute pain with nausea and vomiting. Which term will the nurse use when documenting this patient's pain in the medical record?
1) Referred pain
2) Visceral pain
3) Neuropathic pain
4) Complex regional pain
ANS: 2
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