A patient with a long history of pain rarely appears to be in pain and often forgoes the use of pain medication. What does the nurse realize about this patient?
1. The patient has a high pain tolerance.
2. The patient has a low pain tolerance.
3. The patient is addicted to pain medication.
4. The patient does not really have pain.
Correct Answer: 1
Pain tolerance describes the amount of pain a person can tolerate before outwardly responding to it. A patient with a high tolerance to pain would rarely report pain or need analgesic management. With a low tolerance, the patient would be verbalizing pain and requesting medication. If addicted, the patient would eventually need more medication, not less, to manage the pain. There no evidence that the patient is not in pain.
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