Multiple Choice
A client calls for pain medication for excruciating pain.When approaching the client's room with the medication,the nurse overhears the client laughing and talking on the phone.Upon entering the room,the nurse notes the client is sitting in the bedside chair in no apparent distress.In this situation the nurse would consider the client's verbal and nonverbal communications to be:
A) appropriate
B) confusing
C) incongruent
D) therapeutic
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