The Nurse Observes a Patient Lying Rigidly in Bed and Taking

The nurse observes a patient lying rigidly in bed and taking shallow breaths.The patient reports a pain score of 4 out of 5 and says,"My leg hurts." The nurse determines that the objective and subjective data are

A) incongruent and require more assessment.
B) insufficient to make any conclusions.
C) congruent and support that the patient is in pain.
D) unclear; the nurse needs to talk to the patient's family for more information.

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