A nurse is assessing a client's pain. When reporting the assessment findings to the primary health care provider to ensure the proper prescription for analgesic therapy for effective pain management,
which of the following would be most important for the nurse to report? Select all that apply.
A) Duration
B) Aggravating factors
C) Location
D) Remitting factors
E) Intensity
Ans: C, E
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Although duration, aggravating and remitting factors, location, and intensity are important to assess, to ensure that the primary health care provider prescribes effective analgesics for pain management, the nurse needs to report two key assessments about pain: location and intensity.
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