The nurse is interviewing a client who has been admitted to the hospital with severe abdominal pain. The nurse is assessing the client's pain using the acronym OLDCART & ICE
Rank the following the statements by the nurse in order of the way they are normally assessed. Standard Text: Click and drag the options below to move them up or down. 1. "How long have you had this pain?"
2. "Would you please point to the location of your pain?"
3. "How would you describe your pain? Is it sharp, dull, stabbing?"
4. "Can you tell me when your pain first began?"
3,2,4,1
Rationale 1: The third step is to determine the duration of the client's pain.
Rationale 2: The second step is to identify the location of the client's pain.
Rationale 3: The nurse would then assess the characteristics of the client's pain.
Rationale 4: Using OLDCART & ICE, the nurse would first assess onset of the client's pain.
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