The nurse caring for a client who is 24 hours post-extensive abdominal surgery assesses the client's pain. The client rates the pain as a 1 on the pain scale
The client is resting quietly, vital signs are within normal limits, and the client appears comfortable. The nurse concludes which of the following about this client? 1. The client is in denial.
2. The client is experiencing no pain.
3. The client has a high pain threshold.
4. The client is not admitting to the pain experienced.
3
Rationale: Pain threshold differs in each individual, and what one client reports as being excruciatingly painful, another might not consider bothersome. When pain is detected by the client, that is considered the client's pain threshold. This client rates a very painful condition as a 1, which means the client is feeling very little pain, and thus has a high pain threshold. The client is not denying pain; the client does not feel the pain. The client is feeling minimal pain with a score of 1. The nursing student is not capable of deciding that the diagnosis is incorrect.
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