You are creating a nursing care plan for a patient with a primary diagnosis of cellulitis and a secondary diagnosis of chronic pain. What common trait of patients who live with chronic pain should inform your care planning?
A) They are typically more comfortable with underlying pain than patients without chronic pain.
B) They often have a lower pain threshold than patients without chronic pain.
C) They often have an increased tolerance of pain.
D) They can experience acute pain in addition to chronic pain.
Ans: D
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It is tempting to expect that people who have had multiple or prolonged experiences with pain will be less anxious and more tolerant of pain than those who have had little experience with pain. However, this is not true for many people. The more experience a person has had with pain, the more frightened he or she may be about subsequent painful events. Chronic pain and acute pain are not mutually exclusive.
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