A patient is seen talking and laughing in the clinic's waiting room, yet complains of excruciating pain. The nurse realizes this patient is most likely demonstrating which behavior?
1. Opioid drug-seeking
2. Denial
3. Fake pain
4. Inconsistent behavioral response to pain
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Rationale 1: There is no mention of the patient requesting opioids.
Rationale 2: The patient does not deny pain.
Rationale 3: The nurse cannot determine if the patient's pain is real.
Rationale 4: Behavioral responses to pain may or may not coincide with the patient's report of pain and are not very reliable cues to the pain experience. The nurse needs to manage the pain if the patient verbalizes that it is present, even if the nonverbal signs are not congruent.
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a. true b. false