When pain is assessed in an infant, it would be inappropriate to assess for:
a. facial expressions of pain.
b. localization of pain.
c. crying.
d. thrashing of extremities.
B
Infants cannot localize pain to any great extent. Frowning, grimacing, and facial flinching in an infant may indicate pain. Infants often exhibit high-pitched, tense, harsh crying to express pain. Infants may exhibit thrashing extremities in response to a painful stimulus.
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