How do nurses assess a patient's pain?
a. By assessing physiologic changes of the patient
b. By understanding the sensory experience related to the amount of tissue damage
c. By the patient's medical diagnosis or surgical procedure
d. By asking the patient to rate the pain being experienced
ANS: D
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