The nurse is trying to establish an effective relationship with a patient in pain. What is the best statement for the nurse to make when beginning the assessment?
a. "I'll check to see if you can have anything."
b. "Let me give you a backrub and see if it helps."
c. "I believe you are in pain."
d. "When was your last medication for pain?"
ANS: C
A nursing intervention to establish an effective relationship is to believe the patient. Al-though the other options are not wrong, they do not help establish an effective relationship.
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