A patient has been admitted with a possible kidney stone. The nurse would expect the patient's pain to radiate from which area?
1. The middle of the back, between the scapulas
2. Very low in the center of the back
3. The area where the ribs and spine come together
4. The middle of the abdomen, just above the umbilicus
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Rationale 1: Pain from kidney stones does not radiate from between the scapulas.
Rationale 2: Pain from kidney stones does not radiate from the low back.
Rationale 3: This area is the costovertebral angle and is the area from which kidney stone pain often radiates.
Rationale 4: Kidney stone pain is not located in the front of the abdomen.
Rationale 5:
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