The Nursing Student Asks Why Clients with Chronic Pain Usually

The nursing student asks why clients with chronic pain usually don't have elevated heart rates and blood pressures. What response by the faculty member is best?

A) "Chronic pain does not cause the same anxiety as acute pain."
B) "Their autonomic nervous system may have adapted over time."
C) "Often it means they are malingering, or exaggerating their pain."
D) "It's because they have taken pain medication for so long."

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