The client with a sprained ankle is complaining of pain in the injured area. Which term will the nurse use when documenting this client's pain?
1. Visceral pain
2. Somatic pain
3. Physiological pain
4. Neuropathic pain
Correct Answer: 2
Somatic pain originates in the skin, muscles, bone, or connective tissue, and would best describe this client's pain. Somatic pain is a subclassification of physiological pain, so it would be less specific to call it physiological as opposed to somatic. Visceral pain tends to be poorly located, resulting from activation of pain receptors in the organs and/or hollow viscera. Neuropathic pain results from damaged or malfunctioning nerves.
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