The patient tells the nurse about a burning sensation in the epigastric area. How should the nurse ...

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A Referred pain is felt in a part of the body separate from the source of pain, such as with a myocardial infarction, in which pain may be referred to the jaw, left arm, and left shoulder.
B Radiating pain feels like it is travelling down or along a body part, such as low back pain that is accompanied by pain radiating down the leg from sciatic nerve irritation.
C Deep or visceral pain is diffuse and may radiate in several directions. Visceral pain may be described as a burning sensation.
D Superficial or cutaneous pain is of short duration and is localized, as in a small cut.