A Patient Reports Chest Pain

A patient reports chest pain.The nurse is attempting to assess the pain to differentiate the pain as cardiac,respiratory,or gastrointestinal.The nurse can properly identify the pain as cardiac in origin when the patient states that the cardiac pain:

A) does not occur with respiratory variations.
B) is peripheral and may radiate to the scapular areas.
C) is aggravated by inspiratory movements.
D) is nonradiating and occurs during inspiration.

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