The nurse is planning care for a patient with chronic pain. Which of the following would be the most appropriate pain control goal for this patient?
1. Reduce the focus on pain.
2. Reduce the sympathetic stress response.
3. Be completely pain free.
4. Improve patient outcomes.
Reduce the focus on pain.
Rationale: Pain management goals for the patient with chronic pain include reducing the focus on pain; optimizing comfort through the use of analgesics and alternative pain control strategies; increasing participation in activities of daily living, work, and relationships; and restoring a sense of joy and purpose despite the presence of pain. Reducing the sympathetic pain response and improving patient outcomes would be appropriate acute pain management goals. Being completely pain free might be an unattainable goal for a patient with chronic pain.
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