Especially wanted to find out about your pain

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You: Good afternoon, Mrs. Stone. I came to check on you and especially wanted to find out about your pain. Mrs. Stone: I told you this morning, my pain was an 8 and that has not changed. Which of the following decisions would be more appropriate for you to make at this point? You decide that Mrs. Stone is not really experiencing this much pain; that she is faking her pain to get an opioid ordered for her. You will tell the team to leave her pain medication as ordered. You decide that pain is what the patient says it is and that Mrs. Stone is in a great deal of pain. That will be your report to the team. You decide that pain is what the patient says it is and that Mrs. Stone is in a great deal of pain but her description does not help decide on a treatment plan. You will ask her more questions to learn specific details of her pain.

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