Multiple Choice
Which is an appropriate goal for a patient's preoperative teaching?
A) The nurse will provide written materials about nonpharmacological pain-management techniques.
B) The patient will verbalize understanding of the pain-management techniques to be used after surgery.
C) The nurse will demonstrate correct use of the patient-controlled anesthesia (PCA) pump.
D) The patient will rate current pain of less than 3 out of 10 on the descriptive pain intensity scale.
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