Pain is difficult to define. The nurse educator is reviewing various definitions of pain with a group of student nurses. Which is the best response by the student nurse about Margo McCaffery definition of pain?
A) Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does.
B) Client's self-report is the single best indicator of pain.
C) A feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings.
D) Its purpose is chiefly protective; it acts as a warning that tissues are being damaged and induces the sufferer to remove or withdraw from the source.
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A noted pain theorist, Margo McCaffery, states in her classic writing that "Pain is whatever the experiencing person says it is, existing whenever he says it does." In its clinical practice guidelines for acute pain management, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) states that the "client's self-report is the single best indicator of pain." The definition of pain in a medical dictionary includes "a feeling of distress, suffering, or agony, caused by stimulation of specialized nerve endings. Its purpose is chiefly protective; it acts as a warning that tissues are being damaged and induces the sufferer to remove or withdraw from the source" (Miller-Keane & O'Toole, 2003).
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