Which does the nurse use to determine aggravating factors for a client's pain?
1. How long has the client had pain?
2. What increases the pain's intensity?
3. Where is the pain located specifically?
4. What is the pain level on 0 to 10 scale?
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2. Aggravating factors make the pain worse or increase its severity, so the nurse asks about what increases the pain's intensity to determine aggravating factors. Aggravating factors is one part of using OLDCART to obtain a complete description of a client complaint: O = onset, L = location, D = duration, C = characteristics or contributing factors, A = aggravating or alleviating factors, and T = treatment.
1. The nurse asks the client about the duration of the pain when asking how long the client has had the pain.
3. Asking the client to identify a specific spot for the pain determines its location.
4. Rating the pain on a scale transforms the client complaint into objective data that are helpful in establishing trends and response to therapy.
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