A client complains of severe abdominal pain. To elicit as much information as possible about the pain, the nurse should ask:
a) "Do you have the pain all the time?"
b) "Can you describe the pain?"
c) "Where does it hurt the most?"
d) "Is the pain stabbing like a knife?"
Ans: b) "Can you describe the pain?"
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