A&E I Comprehensive Testbank 224 HESI MATERNITY PROCTORED EXAM

A nurse is caring for a patient who recently had spinal surgery. The nurse knows that patients usually experience acute pain following this type of surgery. The patient refuses to get up and walk and is not moving around in the bed. However, the patient is stoic and denies experiencing pain at this time. What most likely explains this patient’s behavior? a. The surgery successfully cured the patient’s pain. The patient’s culture is possibly influencing the patient’s experience of b. pain. The primary health care provider did not prescribe the correct amount c. of medication. The nurse is allowing personal beliefs about pain to influence pain d. management at this time. ANS: B A patient’s culture or beliefs about pain often infl