Which of the following clients would be classified as having chronic pain?
A) A client with rheumatoid arthritis
B) A client with pneumonia
C) A client with controlled hypertension
D) A client with the flu
Ans: A
Chronic pain is pain that may be limited, intermittent, or persistent but that lasts beyond the normal healing period. Acute pain is generally rapid in onset and varies in intensity from mild to severe. After its underlying cause is resolved, acute pain disappears. It should end once healing occurs.
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