A smiling and cooperative patient complains of severe pain. Nurses caring for patients who report pain need to recognize and avoid common misconceptions and myths about pain
To properly care for patients in pain, nurses need to remember which of the following? A. Chronic pain is psychological in nature.
B. Patients are the best authority of their pain experience.
C. Regular use of narcotic analgesics leads to drug addiction.
D. The amount of tissue damage is reflected in the severity of the pain perceived.
B
Chronic pain associated with cancer pain or noncancer pain (back pain) is prolonged, varies in intensity, and can cause psychological and physical disability. Common biases and misconcep-tions about pain include administering analgesics regularly leads to patients' tolerance and drug dependence. Another common misconception is that the amount of tissue damage in an injury accurately indicates pain intensity.
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