Question

A client in a long term care facility complains of pain. The nurse collects data about the client's pain. The first step in a pain assessment is for the nurse to:

a - have the client identify coping methods

b - accept the client's report of pain

c - get the description of the location and intensity of the pain

d - determine the client's status of pain

Answer 1

Assessment of pain is a very important step in effective management of pain.
An accurate and systemic pain assessment procedure helps in effective management of pain and provides positive results.
The assessment steps includes onset of pain, stimulating factors of pain, type of pain, location of pain, severity of pain and the treatment taken tp reduce the pain.
But before all these steps a self report from the patient given to the nurse is the most reliable source for description of pain.
So the answer is b - accept the client's report of pain