ATI RN
ATI Custom Fundamentals Chapter 31 ALL Questions
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A patient experiencing discomfort because of severe arthritis would be described as having:
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Rationale: The correct answer is A: Chronic pain. Chronic pain refers to persistent pain lasting for a prolonged period, such as in the case of severe arthritis. This type of pain is ongoing and can be debilitating. Episodic pain (
B) occurs intermittently, phantom pain (
C) is felt in a body part that is no longer there, and acute pain (
D) is sudden and short-lived. In this scenario, chronic pain best describes the patient's experience due to the long-term nature of arthritis discomfort.
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