Compared with acute pain, persistent pain requires the nurse to:
a. monitor vital signs more frequently.
b. document the character of the pain as burning.
c. administer analgesics at least every 4 hours.
d. educate the client to the benefit of specific lifestyle changes.
ANS: D
Persistent pain can manifest itself as depression, eating and sleeping disturbances, and impaired function, all of which can lead to lifestyle changes. Persistent pain usually does not lead to markedly altered vital signs. Acute or persistent pain can manifest itself as a burning pain. Persis-tent pain has no time frame; it is continually persistent at varying levels of intensity.
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