To assess the quality of pain, you would ask the patient
a. "Where are you feeling the pain?"
b. "What does this pain feel like?"
c. "What does it mean to you to have this pain?"
d. "How disabling is this pain?"
B
The quality of the chief complaint describes the way it feels to the patient. Use the patient's own terms to describe the quality of the chief complaint. Option "a "asks about the location or primary area where the pain occurs. The question in option "c" assesses the meaning or significance of the pain to the patient. Option "d" asks about the impact of the pain on the patient's lifestyle.
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