Asked by Alysann Lloyd on Apr 29, 2024
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The nurse is caring for a patient to ease modifiable factors that contribute to pain. Which areas did the nurse focus on with this patient?
A) Age and gender
B) Anxiety and fear
C) Culture and ethnicity
D) Previous pain experiences and cognitive abilities
Modifiable Factors
Elements of an individual's lifestyle or environment that can be changed or controlled to improve health outcomes, such as diet or exercise habits.
Pain Contribution
The role or extent to which factors such as injury, disease, or emotional state add to an individual's experience of pain.
Anxiety And Fear
are emotional responses to perceived threats, with anxiety being an apprehension of future danger and fear a reaction to current danger, both affecting mental and physical well-being.
- Acknowledge the significance of psychological, cultural, and personal aspects in the perception and handling of pain.
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Zybrea KnightMay 06, 2024
Final Answer :
B
Explanation :
Some examples of modifiable contributors to pain are anxiety and fear. The nurse can take measures to ease the patient's anxiety and fear related to pain. Age, gender, culture, ethnicity, cognitive abilities, and previous pain experience are all nonmodifiable factors that the nurse can help the patient to understand, but the nurse cannot alter them.
Learning Objectives
- Acknowledge the significance of psychological, cultural, and personal aspects in the perception and handling of pain.