A 25-year-old Arab American man is one day post-operative following vascular surgery. There have been no post-surgical complications. He tells his family that he is "in terrible pain", and he reports ratings of 2 to 3 on 0-10 numeric rating scale to the nursing staff. He requests pain medication every two to three hours, and will not get out of bed or ambulate.
- Identify factors that affect your assigned patient's pain/discomfort perception.
- Identify the actual and potential physiological and psychological responses to the pain/discomfort, for your assigned client.