Immediate surgery is planned for a patient with acute abdominal pain. Which question by the nurse will elicit the most complete information about the patient's coping-stress tolerance pattern?
a. "Can you rate your pain on a 0 to 10 scale?"
b. "What do you think caused this abdominal pain?"
c. "How do you feel about yourself and your hospitalization?"
d. "Are there other major problems that are a concern right now?"
ANS: D
The coping-stress tolerance pattern includes information about other major stressors confronting the patient. The health perception–health management pattern includes information about the patient's ideas about risk factors. Feelings about self and the hospitalization are assessed in the self-perception–self-concept pattern. Intensity of pain is part of the cognitive-perceptual pattern.
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