Difficulty: Medium
Average Score: 65%
Full-length
Passage / Scenario
A client has been diagnosed with metastatic cancer with a poor prognosis. Recently, the client has complained of increased pain and is less communicative, very irritable, and anorexic.Which of the following nursing goals should be a priority at this time?
Correct answer
B
Rationale
Strategy: All answers are implementations. Determine the outcome of each answer choice. Is it desired? (1) will be difficult if client's pain is not adequately controlled (2) correct-comprehensive and regular pain assessment/management is necessary to facilitate client's ability to maintain comfort, which may enable him to verbalize his feelings (3) important, but will be difficult if client's pain is not adequately controlled (4) not highest priority