A patient scheduled for knee surgery tells the nurse, "I know I won't feel as much pain with this knee surgery as I did with the other one when I was 20 years younger." What should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. "There might be more pain, because the pain response can get worse with aging."
2. "You are most likely correct."
3. "It should not be quite as bad with the newer technology."
4. "Pain responses diminish with age."
Correct Answer: 1
Pain tolerance decreases with aging, perhaps related to the prevalence of chronic pain in this population. The nurse should not agree that the patient will have less pain because this may not occur. The amount of pain may or may not be impacted by the use of newer technology. The pain response does not diminish with age.
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