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11 years ago
A patient scheduled for knee surgery tells the nurse, “I know I won’t feel as much pain with this knee surgery as I did with the other one when I was 20 years younger.” Which of the following should the nurse respond to this patient?
1. “There might be more pain since the pain response can get worse with aging.”
2. “You are most likely correct.”
3. “It should not be quite as bad with the newer technology.”
4. “Pain responses decrease with age.”
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11 years ago
1 -- Pain tolerance decreases with aging, perhaps related to the prevalence of chronic pain in this population. The nurse should explain that there might be more pain after this current knee surgery than the one 20 years ago. The nurse should not agree that the patient will have less pain since this may not occur. The amount of pain may or may not be impacted by the use of newer technology. The pain response does not decrease with age.
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