A nurse is assessing a client who states that his abdominal pain is "awful" and rates it as a 9 on a scale of 0 to 10. To validate the client's report of severe pain, select the physiologic signs the nurse looks for:
____________________. (Your answer should appear as numbers separated by commas and spaces [e.g., 1, 2, 3, 4].)
1. Tachycardia
2. Irritability
3. Increased blood pressure
4. Depression
5. Insomnia
6. Sweating
ANS:
1, 3, 6
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