A 7-Year-Old Child Had an Emergency Appendectomy During the Night

A 7-year-old child had an emergency appendectomy during the night. When trying to assess his pain, the nurse should

A) ask him to rate his pain on a scale of 0 to 10, with 0 = no pain and 10 = worse pain ever.
B) show him a scale with faces of actual children and have him point to the picture that best describes how he is feeling.
C) consider his pulse and BP readings to be the most specific indicators of the amount of pain he is experiencing.
D) try to distract him by blowing bubbles to minimize the use of opioids so that he does not become addicted to the narcotic.

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